Dave Wannstedt believes he has come up with one of the best recruiting classes of his career at Pitt, and that says a lot, considering his 2006 class was among the nation's best.

"This is a well-balanced group," Wannstedt said on national letter-of-intent signing day. "I think it is our deepest class. I know academically, character-wise, I really like this class a lot. It is very well-balanced, and I think if you look at it, there are a lot of good players in there and I think they all have a chance to contribute."

The Panthers landed 24 players, many of whom committed to Pitt several months earlier.

Losing two starting defensive linemen this year and a third next year sent Wannstedt looking for help at that position and he came away with some gems, headed by ...More