There was once a talented first-round quarterback who came out of Pitt that to this day the Pittsburgh Steelers regret not taking in the 1983 NFL Draft. They decided that defensive lineman Gabe Rivera would be a more important building block for their franchise that year at 21 overall than the guy who would be taken six selections later by the Miami Dolphins, the Panther Dan Marino.
The Panthers haven’t had a more notable quarterback since then than the one they have coming out during the 2022 NFL Draft class in Kenny Pickett, who is expected to be drafted in the first round as well—and hopes that, unlike Marino before him, he gets to play his professional ball in the same city.