With the 2025 season just around the corner, the University of Pittsburgh and head coach Pat Narduzzi have announced 19 student-athletes who have been added to the football roster.

The list of newcomers features 16 freshmen, including eight walk-ons, as well as three transfer walk-ons. In total, Pitt added eight players on defense, eight on offense and three specialists.

The incoming freshmen, which include a few WPIAL products, are running back Jaylin Brown (Cardinal Newman; West Palm Beach, Fla.), kicker Trey Butkowski (Lake Nona; Orlando, Fla.), offensive lineman Torian Chester (Westover; Albany, Ga.), defensive lineman Charlie Donehue (Olentangy Liberty; Powell, Ohio), offensive lineman Jordan Fields (North Shore; Houston, Texas), linebacker Emory Fluhr (Lampeter-Strasburg; Willow Street, Pa.), quarterback Beau Jackson (West Bloomfield; West Bloomfield, Mich.), offensive lineman Josh Nindl (Pine-Richland; Gibsonia, Pa.), long snapper Henry Searcy (Lawton Chiles; Tallahassee, Fla.), running back Synkwan Smith (Roswell; Roswell, Ga.), defensive lineman Trevor Sommers (St. Thomas Aquinas; Davie, Fla.), defensive back Valdez Stuvaints (McKeesport; McKeesport, Pa.), punter Kaemon Tijerina (Redford Union; Redford, Mich.), offensive lineman Shep Turk (Thomas Jefferson; Jefferson Hills, Pa.), linebacker John Wetzel (Greater Latrobe, Latrobe, Pa.) and defensive back Cole Woodson (Battlefield; Haymarket, Va.). 

The transfers are former Texas A&M offensive lineman Ty Banco (Trinity; Washington, Pa.), former Sacred Heart defensive lineman Cam Rosinsky (South Fayette; Noblestown, Pa.) and former Chowan defensive back Marcus Serrano (Frankford; Philadelphia, Pa.). 

The Panthers will host seven games this fall, including four ACC contests and last year's College Football Playoff (CFP) runner-up, Notre Dame, on Nov. 15.