University of Pittsburgh Athletics
2025 Football Signing Day

Da’Ron Barksdale
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Homestead, PA
- High School:
- Steel Valley
Proclaimed as one of the best two-way players in the WPIAL…led Steel Valley to nine wins and a WPIAL Runner-Up finish as a senior…accumulated 2,649 total yards (2,086 rushing) and 36 touchdowns in 2025 to accompany his 44 tackles, four interceptions (1 TD), five pass breakups and one sack defensively…score five touchdowns (four rushing, one punt return) and totaled 346 all-purpose yards to clinch a berth in the 2025 WPIAL Class 2A Championship Game…averaged 160.5 rushing yards per game during his senior season… helped Steel Valley win a WPIAL Championship as a freshman in 2022 along with current Panther safety Cruce Brookins…Pittsburgh Post-Gazette “Fabulous 22”…played under Coach Ray Braszo.
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