Pat Narduzzi and the Pitt coaching staff landed commitments from six recruits on Saturday, and the fifth recruit to come forward and claim a Pat signal was Jahvante Royal, a safety out of St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
”I really want to give a big thanks to Coach [Roger] Harriott, [Aquinas athletic director George] Smith, my teammates and the rest of the Aquinas family for giving me [the] support, friendship and leadership I needed to get to where I’m at today,” Royal said in a message posted on Twitter. “I’m very grateful for every opportunity that’s come my way.