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"Mr. High School Sports" - More from Pitt's Newest Recruit...

By Matt Popchock

(mpopchock@kdka.com)

It was a thoroughly disheartening homecoming Saturday for most of the forty-thousand-plus in attendance at Heinz Field, but if it's any consolation, Pitt did earn one major victory this weekend after all.

Hopewell senior tailback Rushel Shell, the top-ranked "big back" and No. 11 Division I prospect in the country according to CBS Sports/MaxPreps, has committed to the Panthers. He made it official at a press conference at Hopewell Senior High School Friday morning.

In case you missed any of it, hear what Shell had to say to the gathered media Friday...

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...and check out what he said to SportsRadio 93-7 The Fan afterward, as heard on "The Fan Morning Show" (weekdays 5:40-10:00 A.M. on The Fan) and "The UPMC Centers for Rehab Services High School Football Show" (Saturdays at 7:00 A.M. on The Fan)...

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