University of Pittsburgh Athletics
Nineteen Panthers Honored on All-ACC Academic Football Team
2/14/2025 12:00:00 PM | Football
PITTSBURGH—The University of Pittsburgh football program placed 19 student-athletes on the 2024 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Football Team.
Academic requirements for selection to the All-ACC Academic Team are a 3.0-grade point average for the previous semester and a 3.0 cumulative average during one's academic career. In addition, student-athletes must have competed in at least 50 percent of their team's contests on the season.
"Our ACC All-Academic Team honorees are always a huge point of pride for our football program," said Chris Bickell '97 Head Football Coach Pat Narduzzi. "We want our players to be the very best that they can be in everything they do. These nineteen young men reflect that dedication. We congratulate them on this prestigious honor and also thank our outstanding Academic Support staff for their year-round commitment to our team's classroom success."
The Panthers' 2024 All-ACC Academic honorees:
Name, Pos., Major
Gavin Bartholomew, TE, Communication
Rashad Battle, DB, Special with Degree-Post-Baccalaureate
Dylan Bennett, LB, Exercise Science
Chief Borders, DL, Business
Ryan Carretta, OL, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Jason Collier Jr., OL, Administration of Justice
Sean FitzSimmons (2), DL, Communication
Ryland Gandy, DB, Communication
Cameron Guess, P, Business Administration
Shadarian Harrison, DB, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Nicholas Lapi (3), LB, Communication
Nate Matlack, DL, Law, Criminal Justice and Society
Terrence Moore (3), OL , Curriculum and Instruction
Isaiah Neal, DL , Communication
Che Nwabuko (2), RB, Communication
Jake Overman, TE, Human Resources Management
Nilay Upadhyayula, LS, Business Administration
BJ Williams (2), OL, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Raphael Williams Jr., WR, Communication
Number in parenthesis denotes multiple All-ACC Academic honors
