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Michael Pittman Jr. Named Semifinalist For Biletnikoff Award
November 18, 2019 | Football, Features
USC senior wide receiver Michael Pittman Jr. has been named one of 12 semifinalists for the 2019 Biletnikoff Award, presented to college football's outstanding receiver by the Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation.
Three finalists will be named for the award on Nov. 25, with the Biletnikoff Award winner announced on Dec. 12 at The Home Depot College Football Awards in Atlanta and then honored at the Biletnikoff Award Banquet on Feb. 15, 2020, in Tallahassee.
Pittman leads USC with 82 receptions for 1,118 yards and 9 touchdowns in 2019. He is sixth nationally in receptions (7.5), 15th in receiving TDs (9) and 15th in receiving yards (101.6). He has been in double digits in receptions 3 times in 2019 and over 100 yards 4 times. He is a semifinalist for the 2019 Witten Award, given to the College Man of the Year, and is a 2020 Senior Bowl invitee. In his career, he has 152 career catches for 2,362 yards and 17 scores with 28 starts to rank tied for 14th on USC's career receptions list. He has 8 100-yard receiving games in his career.
Pittman is very active in community service, volunteering countless hours to a wide variety of organizations. He has overcome his struggles with stuttering and uses that challenges as a platform to promote reading skills to elementary students.
Pittman is looking to be USC's second winner of the Biletnikoff Award, joining Marqise Lee, the 2012 recipient. The Trojans have also had 4 finalists for the award: Keyshawn Johnson in 1995, Mike Williams in 2003, Dwayne Jarrett in 2005 and Robert Woods in 2011.
Joining Pittman as 2019 Biletnikoff Award semifinalists are: Minnesota's Rashod Bateman, Arkansas State's Omar Bayless, LSU's Ja'Marr Chase, Liberty's Antonio Gandy-Golden, Oregon State's Isaiah Hodgins, LSU's Justin Jefferson, Alabama's Jerry Jeudy, Oklahoma's CeeDee Lamb, SMU's James Proche, Alabama's DeVonta Smith and Wake Forest's Sage Surratt.
Jeudy won the Biletnikoff Award last year.
Three finalists will be named for the award on Nov. 25, with the Biletnikoff Award winner announced on Dec. 12 at The Home Depot College Football Awards in Atlanta and then honored at the Biletnikoff Award Banquet on Feb. 15, 2020, in Tallahassee.
Pittman leads USC with 82 receptions for 1,118 yards and 9 touchdowns in 2019. He is sixth nationally in receptions (7.5), 15th in receiving TDs (9) and 15th in receiving yards (101.6). He has been in double digits in receptions 3 times in 2019 and over 100 yards 4 times. He is a semifinalist for the 2019 Witten Award, given to the College Man of the Year, and is a 2020 Senior Bowl invitee. In his career, he has 152 career catches for 2,362 yards and 17 scores with 28 starts to rank tied for 14th on USC's career receptions list. He has 8 100-yard receiving games in his career.
Pittman is very active in community service, volunteering countless hours to a wide variety of organizations. He has overcome his struggles with stuttering and uses that challenges as a platform to promote reading skills to elementary students.
Pittman is looking to be USC's second winner of the Biletnikoff Award, joining Marqise Lee, the 2012 recipient. The Trojans have also had 4 finalists for the award: Keyshawn Johnson in 1995, Mike Williams in 2003, Dwayne Jarrett in 2005 and Robert Woods in 2011.
Joining Pittman as 2019 Biletnikoff Award semifinalists are: Minnesota's Rashod Bateman, Arkansas State's Omar Bayless, LSU's Ja'Marr Chase, Liberty's Antonio Gandy-Golden, Oregon State's Isaiah Hodgins, LSU's Justin Jefferson, Alabama's Jerry Jeudy, Oklahoma's CeeDee Lamb, SMU's James Proche, Alabama's DeVonta Smith and Wake Forest's Sage Surratt.
Jeudy won the Biletnikoff Award last year.
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