A much-ballyhooed quarterback recruit from Pine-Richland, Phil Jurkovec was offered a scholarship from just about every school in the country.
He headed off to Notre Dame.
Things didn’t work out as planned.
Then he had a solid career at Boston College — although saddled with injury.
With one season of eligibility left and his familiar offensive coordinator, Frank Cignetti now at Pitt, Jurkovec has one college season to make his mark for the NFL scouts. He has one college season to try to use his powerful right arm — and massive body — to lift Pitt football to great heights.
He talked about it all with The Fan’s Colin Dunlap on a recent ‘Walk and Talk’ — most notably having a strong message for big time local recruits that Pitt just might be it.