Matt Flanagan has officially moved on from one former Big East program to another.
In a missive posted to his personal Twitter account Monday, Flanagan revealed that he will enroll at Pittsburgh in short order and continue his collegiate playing career with the Panthers. The tight end is expected to graduate in May from Rutgers, meaning he’ll be eligible to play immediately for his new team during the 2017 season.
This will be Flanagan’s final season of eligibility.Thank you Rutgers! pic.twitter.com/u9N3kHAKCv
— Matt Flanagan (@MrFlantastic) March 27, 2017
The past three seasons, Flanagan played in 33 games for the Scarlet Knights. In that time, he caught 18 passes for 145 yards and three touchdowns.Flanagan also takes the student part of the student-athlete moniker very seriously. From nj.com:
The former Rutgers tight end told NJ Advance Media last November that his goal was to find a master’s program in a research-based science discipline. At the time, he called his decision “purely academic.”
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At Rutgers, Flanagan is part of a select group of Rutgers students studying at the Aresty Research Center. A three-time Academic All-Big Ten selection, Flanagan spent three years researching with the hopes of publishing findings on the effects of Creatine -- the same supplement made famous by MLB sluggers like Mark McGwire -- and how it impacts the cells that synthesize bone.At his new program, he’ll join a squad that doesn’t return any tight ends who have caught a pass at the collegiate level.