Pete Thamel, ESPN
Pittsburgh will get started veteran quarterback Phil Jurkovec towards Virginia Tech on Saturday night time, consistent with an ESPN supply, a moment next he left Pitt’s loss to UNC next taking an unlawful collision.
Jurkovec’s situation for the sport used to be unsure next an trauma that took place on a 2d quarter play games towards North Carolina the place he were given centered. Jurkovec ignored the remains of the sport and a supply described Jurkovec’s trauma because the decrease frame selection, as he used to be each collision illegally and horse-collar tackled at the identical play games.
Jurkovec is a six-year senior quarterback who returned house to Pittsburgh for his ultimate 12 months of eligibility next stints at Notre Dame and Boston Faculty.
He’s been up-and-down this season, as he’d finished 11-of-15 passes towards UNC prior to the trauma. He’d struggled towards West Virginia the prior moment in the back of a porous offensive series, completing with 3 interceptions and simply 81 passing yards.
He’s finished 51.1-percent of his passes this 12 months and has 4 touchdowns and 3 interceptions.
Jurkovec maintained the origination process in the course of the tough patches and finished his first seven passes towards UNC. Pitt’s offensive series is ill 3 gamers who had been projected starters, together with big name take on Matt Goncalves, and the offense has sputtered accordingly.
Pitt (1-3) has misplaced three-straight video games, together with the ACC opener to UNC 41-24. Virginia Tech (1-3) has additionally struggled amid accidents, as they’ve additionally misplaced three-straight video games.
