University of Pittsburgh Athletics
When Leslie Smith, a high school senior from Miami, made his official visit to the University of Pittsburgh last month, he got an idea before a photo shoot in which he was to pose wearing the Panthers’ football uniform.
He asked his mother, Lucretia Chapple, who was accompanying him on his visit, to put on the jersey.
His request was too mild for her.
“She decided, ‘I’m going to put on the whole uniform,’” Smith said.
The result is a pair of pictures of Smith, who will suit up for Pitt more regularly next season as a freshman linebacker, and Chapple, who in years past played basketball and ran track.