Pitt made significant headway with a coveted 2021 recruit late last week, as Ricky Parks, a standout running back out of Tampa, Florida, placed the program in his top five. The other four programs to make the cut for Parks were Florida State, Iowa, Utah and West Virginia.
Parks holds a four-star rating from Rivals, which ranks him as the No. 16 running back in his class, as well as a three-star rating from 247Sports, which ranks him No. 28 at his position in the 2021 cycle. He has drawn 21 offers during his recruitment, and the most notable interested programs no longer under consideration include Indiana, Iowa State, Kentucky, Louisville, Penn State, Purdue, South Carolina, Syracuse, UCF, USF and Virginia.