'09 NJ RB Dion Lewis (Pitt Verbal)

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Ht: 5-7.5
Wt: 180
40: 4.44
Position: RB
Class: 2009
School: Blair Academy (Blairstown, NJ)

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Last season, the Pitt Panthers offered a unknown running back from Wilmington named Chris Burns who looks like a steal. Today, the Panthers hope they have done the same with Blair Academy back Dion Lewis.

Pitt gets commitment from N.J. running back

Pitt gets commitment from N.J. running back
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
By Colin Dunlap, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The University of Pittsburgh football program received its second verbal commitment from the high school Class of 2009, as Blair Academy (N.J.) running back Dion Lewis, who will be a senior this Fall, has made a commitment to the program.

Lewis, 5 feet 7, 180-pounds, chose Pitt over Stanford, Syracuse, Wake Forest, Connecticut and Boston College and Cincinnati.

"I had a great visit this past weekend," said Lewis, who rushed for 12.3 per carry as a junior at Blair Academy and plans to graduate from high school in December and enroll at Pitt in January.

"I just felt like Pitt was the right place for me because of the coaches. Plus, to get to work with [current Pitt running back] LeSean McCoy is something that you can't pass up. To learn from him will be a very valuable experience."

Lewis is Pitt's second commitment from the Class of 2009, joining Lakeview lineman Cory King, a Mercer County product who committed to coach Dave Wannstedt's program earlier this month.