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Analysis: Pitt shows status among Power Fives with strong draft

This is where Pat Narduzzi and his staff can take a bow.

Few college football programs are constantly in the conversation -- perennially, really -- among the ones to stamp their brands on the NFL Draft.

Alabama, Ohio State, Clemson and, in recent memory, Georgia have dominated the circuit of developing their respective crops of high-end talent, and the pipelines by this point are more than well known by even the most casual of fans.

For the second time in three seasons, though, Pitt did not just have another strong showing in the NFL Draft; the profilings of the players who have taken the step into the professional level can, once again, prove as play makers as a whole at the next level.