Head Coach Dave Wannstedt signed the top recruiting class in the Big East , his 3rd consecutive top-25 recruiting class , to kick off the 2008 football year . Although Wannstedt had been recruiting well since the beginning of his tenure at Pitt some of that 2008 recruiting power has been attributed to the Panthers ' season finale win over West Virginia . The highlights of the class are projected to be WR Jon Baldwin , RB Chris Burns , OT Lucas Nix , LB Shayne Hale , and athlete Cameron Saddler
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