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Pitt quietly attracting football recruits with Ivy League potential in classroom

Pitt is quickly feeling like home for its football newcomers.

Even those which had other solid options to choose from within recruiting, and especially while lining up on-par within academics.

By now it is not a secret that the recent run of the program's success has attracted recruits from the high school and transfer portal stages, but the profiling of the players which Pat Narduzzi and his staff are bringing in are standing out off of the football field.

We spoke with freshman newcomers Braylan Lovelace, Isaiah Polk, and Ty Dieffenbach at the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex on Thursday, as is becoming a typical occurrence within this offseason.