Pittsburgh currently has just one scholarship running back on its roster. After deciding to transfer from Wisconsin, RB Zach Brown is looking for a new collegiate home.
Sounds like a match made in football heaven, right?
That’s apparently the case as ESPN.com‘s Joe Schad is reporting that the ex-Badger spent the past three days visiting the Big East school and, needless to say, is considering a transfer to the Panthers.
Brown is scheduled to graduate from UW in August with a bachelor’s degree in history and, as a result, will be eligible to play immediately at Pitt or any other Div. 1-A school, provided he enters into a graduate program not offered at his former school.
During his three-year Badger career, Brown, who came to Madison from Royal Palm Beach, Fla., rushed for 1,152 yards (4.8 ypc.) and 11 touchdowns. If Brown had stayed in Madison, he would’ve entered the 2011 season stuck on the bench behind arguably the top RB duo in the country, Montee Ball and James White, which obviously played a significant role in his decision to move on from the Badgers.