How wild did it get for Dennis this offseason? He said he deflected offers from two schools that tried to entice him to transfer.
“I had a couple (contacts),” he said. “I wasn’t worried about it. I’m here now, so …”
Dennis declined to identify the schools, and for a good reason, he said. “That’s an NCAA violation,” he said of schools contacting him, even though his name never appeared in the portal.
“I respectfully told them that what they were trying to do is illegal and it could, actually, ruin my eligibility. If they wanted to talk to me, I would have to have been in the portal already.”
So why did he stay when so many others across the nation have changed addresses, including former Pitt wide receiver Jordan Addison, who took his Biletnikoff Award to USC.
“For me, the reason is I created a bit of legacy here,” said Dennis, who earned second-team All-ACC recognition last season. “I’m almost done with my degree (criminal law), which is the first thing I want to check off my list.
“Right now, I want to keep the main thing the main thing and that’s Pitt football. I have a lot of friends on this team, a lot of family on this team and a lot of young guys who look up to me. If I made that move, how would that look in their eyes? It was a lot that came into play, but mostly it was my love for Pitt football.”
