Pitt tackle Michael Statham enters transfer portal

Photo by Kevin Langley/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesPitt tackle Michael Statham entered the NCAA transfer portal on Monday, becoming the 11th Pitt player to do so since the start of the 2021 season. The move comes during an offseason in which the program got confirmation that all five of its starting offensive linemen from 2021 would return for the 2022 season.

Statham committed to Pitt on April 13, 2019, as a three-star offensive tackle out of St. Frances Academy in Baltimore. At the time, the 6’7”, 360-pound lineman was considered the No. 69 tackle in the nation and the No. 23 prospect in Maryland, according to Rivals, and he chose Pitt over nine other scholarship offers. His other…