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Pittsburgh

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Recruiting#14the 2027 class
Offense#2947 touchdowns in 2025
Defense#42by rating, of the 68
Money$21–30Mspend #46
Week 3 · NextSyracuse at Pittsburgh7:30 PM ET
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Depth Chart

Offense · best 11 by role and valueTap a jersey for the profile, swap and compare in the live field →
10102020303040405050
WRYATES$0.3MHicks
WRHICKS$0.3MKinsler
SLOTKINSLER$0.2MMccray
TELAGG$0.3MKent
LTHOWARD$0.7MBaer
LGCARRETTA$0.3MOord
COORDWilliams
RGWILLIAMSChester
RTBAER$0.5MFields
QBHEINTSCHEL$1.4MGeriner
RBFERGUSON$0.9MTurner
Defense · 4-3
10102020303040405050
DELEHMAN$0.8MHoke
DTNEAL$2.2MScott
DTSCOTT$1.4MJames
DEHOKE$0.3MAnderson
LBBONSU$0.6MLovelace
LBLOVELACE$0.3MSanford
LBSANFORD$0.3MLindsey
CBLEE$0.9MFerguson
CBFERGUSON$0.7MGuerrier
SGUERRIER$0.6MBrookins
SBROOKINS$0.4MHarrison

The chip is the model price. Best 11 by role and value from the 2026 roster and the NIL valuations.

The schedule

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SEP 5vs Miami (OH)W 59-14
SEP 12vs UCFW 12-7
SEP 17vs SyracuseW 27-13
SEP 26vs BucknellW 59-0
OCT 2@ VirginiaW 35-33
OCT 10vs NorthL 17-21
OCT 17@ BostonL 21-27
OCT 24@ Miami
OCT 31vs Georgia Tech
NOV 14vs Florida
NOV 21@ Louisville
NOV 28@ California
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This week

Week 3: the game, our number against the market, one trend.

Syracuse at Pittsburgh
Kickoff
2026-09-17 7:30 PM ET
The line
Pittsburgh -10.5 · O/U 51.2
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Our number vs the market

No lean on this one.

Our number and the market are within a field goal.

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Roster & NIL

Who is paid, who is worth it, and where the money sits.

$26Mmodel payroll across 70 priced players
Where the money sits
DL$8.8M
DB$4.6M
OL$3.1M
LB$3.0M
QB$2.1M
WR$2.0M
RB$1.7M
The top five
1
Isaiah NealIDL · Junior · starter
68.6model$2.3M
2
Mason HeintschelQB · Sophomore · starter
82.6model$1.5M
3
Jimmy ScottIDL · Senior · starter
78.0model$1.5M
4
Nick JamesIDL · Senior · starter
71.1model$1.4M
5
Damon Ferguson Jr.RB · Freshman · 4-star · starter
$0.9M
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Player Movement

Who came through the portal, who left, and what each room looks like now.

Position rooms · by Model Score
RB78Smith, Turner
DB77Woodson, Guerrier
IDL75Scott, Moore
QB74Heintschel, Geriner
CB68Strader, Lee
LB66Lovelace, Marcelin
OT65Stanley
TE65Kent, Lagg
WR63Robinson, Hicks
S58Harrison, Brookins
Portal flow · 16 in, 21 out
In $1.7M
Alex Sanford Jr.LB · from Purdue
$0.3M
Elijah LaggTE · from UAB
$0.3M
Holden GerinerQB · from Texas State
$0.2M
Eliyt NairneDL · from Tulane
$0.2M
12 more
Out $3.6M
Shawn Lee Jr.CB · to the portal
$0.9M
Rasheem BilesLB · to Texas
$0.8M
Francis BrewuDL · to Notre Dame
$0.6M
Jahsear WhittingtonDL · to Nebraska
$0.5M
17 more
Net −$1.9M
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Draft

Pittsburgh on the 2027 board, our rank beside the consensus.

On the 2027 board · 1 Pittsburgh players
Cruce BrookinsS · No. 545 our board58.0modelconsensus 493 ↓
Moving on our board · since Oct 12
Risers
Nobody moved.
Fallers
Nobody moved.
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