2017 Football Roster
Roster
Michael Pittman Jr.
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 215
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Woodland Hills, CA
- High School:
- Oaks Christian
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CAREER: In his career, he has 171 receptions for 2,519 yards (14.7 avg) with 19 TDs, plus 17 tackles and 3 blocked punts, 6 punt returns for 156 yards (26.0 avg) with 1 TD, 5 kickoff returns for 31 yards (6.2 avg) and a 9-yard rush. His 171 career catches rank 12th on USC’s career receptions list. He has 9 100-yard receiving games in his career. He has appeared in 48 games in his career, with 30 starts.
2019: Pittman proved to be one of the nation’s top wide receivers as a senior in 2019. Overall in 2019 while starting all 13 games, he had 101 receptions for 1,275 yards (12.6 avg) with 11 TDs, plus 3 tackles and 1 punt return for 0 yards (0.0 avg) and 1 kickoff return for 0 yards (0.0 avg). He was fifth nationally in receptions (7.8, first in Pac-12), 15th in receiving yards (98.1, third in Pac-12) and 19th in receiving TDs (11, second in Pac-12). His 101 receptions in 2019 is fifth on USC’s season receiving chart. He was in double digits in receptions 4 times in 2019. He had 5 100-yard receiving games in 2019.
He made the 2019 AP All-American second team, Football Coaches All-American second team, Football Writers All-American second team, Walter Camp All-American second team, CBSSports.com All-American second team, The Athletic All-American second team, Phil Steele All-American second team and Pro Football Focus AllAmerican honorable mention. He won the 2019 Pop Warner College Football Award (senior who has made an impact on the field/classroom/community), was a finalist for the Biletnikoff Award (top receiver), is a finalist for the Witten Award (College Man of the Year) and a semifinalist for the Lombardi Award (performance/leadership/character/resilience). He made the 2019 All-Pac-12 first team (as a wide receiver) and second team (as a special teams player), AP All-Pac-12 first team and Phil Steele All-Pac-12 first team. He is a 2020 Senior Bowl invitee. He was named the USC’s MVP and also won USC’s Community Service Award and Lifters Award. He was a USC team captain.
He had 6 grabs for 28 yards and a tackle against Fresno State, then 6 receptions for 82 yards against Stanford and 9 catches for 95 yards (both game highs and a career high for receptions) with 2 TDs (8 and 30 yards) at BYU. He had 10 catches for 232 yards with a 77-yard TD (all career highs) against Utah (it was the fifth most yards ever by a Trojan and the most since Marqise Lee’s school-record 345 yards at Arizona in 2012), 4 grabs for 64 yards, a tackle and a punt return for no yards at Washington, 4 catches for 29 yards at Notre Dame and 4 receptions for 69 yards with a 9-yard score against Arizona. He had 7 receptions for 156 yards at Colorado with fourth quarter TDs of 44 yards and the game winner of 37 yards with 2:15 to play, then had a game-high 8 receptions for 37 yards with a 13-yard TD against Oregon. He had a careerhigh 13 receptions for 146 yards and made a tackle at Arizona State, had 11 catches for 180 yards with a 33-yard TD at California (he also returned a kickoff for no yards) and had a career-hig
2018: Pittman made a major impact at wide receiver and on special teams as a junior in 2018. Overall in 2018 while starting all 11 games in which he appeared (he missed the California game after injuring his left shoulder at Oregon State), he had 41 receptions for 758 yards (18.5 avg) with 6 TDs, had a 9-yard run and a 4-yard punt return and he made a tackle and blocked a punt. He was 19thnationally in yards per reception (18.5, first in Pac-12). He made 2018 All-Pac-12 honorable mention and Phil Steele All-Pac-12 second team. He won USC’s Offensive Perimeter Player of the Year Award. He had post-season shoulder surgery.
He had a 36-yard catch against UNLV, then added 3 receptions for 65 yards at Stanford and 4 grabs for 16 yards at Texas. He had 2 grabs for 72 yards with a 50-yard TD against Washington State and a 20-yard catch at Arizona. He had 6 catches for 155 yards with 2 TDs (career-long 65 yarder and 9 yards) against Colorado, then 4 receptions for 107 yards, including grabbing a 34-yard TD over 2 defenders, and he blocked a punt (good for a 4-yard punt return) and had a tackle at Utah. He had 6 catches for 90 yards with 2 TDs (6 and 36 yards) against Arizona State. He returned from his shoulder injury to get 7 receptions for 106 yards (both game highs) and he added a 9-yard run at UCLA., then had 7 receptions for 91 yards against Notre Dame.
2017: Pittman played a key role as a wide receiver and on special teams as a sophomore in 2017. Overall in 2017 while appearing in 11 games (all but the first 3, which he missed after spraining his left ankle in 2017 fall camp) and starting 6 times (Utah, Arizona State, Arizona, Colorado, Stanford in the Pac-12 Championship Game, Ohio State), he had 23 receptions for 404 yards (17.6 avg) with 2 TDs, made 6 tackles and blocked a punt and returned 2 punts for 89 yards (44.5 avg) with a TD. Hemade 2017 All-Pac-12 first team (as a special teams player) and was USC’s Co-Special Teams Player of the Year. He is 10th nationally in punt return TDs (1, third in Pac-12).
He had 2 catches for 24 yards and a tackle against Oregon State, a 17-yard catch and a tackle versus Utah, a tackle at Notre Dame, 2 receptions for 23 yards and a tackle at Arizona State, 3 grabs for 59 yards, blocked a punt (that USC returned for a TD) and made a tackle against Arizona and 4 catches for 59 yards (including a 10-yard TD) at Colorado. He had a 7-yard catch and returned a punt on a trick play for a 72-yard touchdown to earn Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Weekhonors against UCLA. He had game bests and career highs in receptions (7) and receiving yards (a Pac-12 Championship Game record 146) with a 7-yard TD against Stanford in the Pac-12 Championship Game. He had 3 catches for 69 yards and made a tackle against Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl.
2016: Pittman, who enrolled at USC in the spring of 2016 after graduating a semester early from high school, saw key action at wide receiver and on special teams as a first-year freshman in 2016. Overall in 2016 while appearing in all 13 games, he had 6 catches for 82 yards (13.7 avg) on offense and had 2 punt returns for 63 yards (31.5 avg), 4 kickoff returns for 31 yards (7.8 avg), 7 tackles, a blocked punt and a forced fumble on special teams.
He had a blocked punt that he returned 35 yards against Utah State, a tackle at Utah, 2 catches for 21 yards against Arizona State, 2 kickoff returns for 13 yards and a tackle against California, 4 catches for 61 yards and a 28-yard punt return against Oregon, a tackle at Washington, a tackle and forced fumble at UCLA and 2 tackles against Notre Dame. He had a tackles and 2 kickoff returns for 18 yards against Penn State.
HIGH SCHOOL: He made 2015 Parade All-American first team, Prep Star All-American Dream Team, Max Preps All-American first team, Orange County Register Fab 15 second team, Tacoma News Tribune Western 100, USA Today All-California Offensive Player of the Year, Cal-Hi Sports All-State first team, All-CIF Pac 5 Division, Fox Sports West/Prime Ticket All-CIF Offensive Player of the Year, Los Angeles Times All-Area first team, Los Angeles Daily News Player of the Year and Ventura County Star Player of the Yearas a senior wide receiver and safety at Oaks Christian High in Westlake Village (Calif.). He had 81 receptions for 1,990 yards (24.6 avg) with 24 TDs in 2015 (he caught 16 passes for 354 yards and 5 TDs in his final game), as well as 31 tackles, an interception and a deflection, 17 kickoff returns for 477 yards (28.1 avg) with 1 TD and 14 punt returns for 148 yards (10.6 avg). He suffered a broken collarbone after the season.
As a junior in 2014, he made Cal-Hi Sports All-State Junior second team, Los Angeles Daily News All-Area first team and All-Marmonte League Co-Receiver of the Year. He had 47 catches for 914 yards (19.4 avg) with 12 TDs in 2014, plus 43 tackles (including 2 for losses) and 3 interceptions and 11 kickoff returns for 311 yards (28.3 avg). Current Trojan Brandon Perdue also prepped at Oaks Christian.
PERSONAL: He is a sociology major at USC. He rides horses in his spare time and wants to get into tie-down roping after his football days. His father, Michael, was a running back at Fresno State (1993, 95-97) and then in the NFL with the Arizona Cardinals (1998-2001), Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2002-07), including on the Super Bowl XXXVII champion in the 2002 season, and Denver Broncos (2008).
