A few days late on this, but ICYMI, Pitt's defensive line got a little stronger with the addition of a graduate transfer from Michigan State, Mark Scarpinato. He is eligible to suit up and play this fall having graduated.
Scarpinato, if you don't know his story, is coming to Pitt largely for professional aspirations. Not professional football, rather, a career in health administration. He cited the school's MHA program and the fact that Pat Narduzzi is now the head coach as reasons for coming to Pitt.
"I grew up going on rounds with my father, so when he was teaching at the Medical College of Wisconsin, I'd go around with him and see patients, and that started my interest in medicine,'' said Scarpinato, who graduated from Michigan State in three years with his degree in kinesiology.