Sherrod Pittman

2015 Spring Outstanding Weight Room – Defense

Redshirt freshman linebacker who is ready to showcase his skills after missing the 2015 season while rehabbing from a broken leg suffered in high school.

2015: Redshirted as a true freshman… spent the fall rehabbing from a broken leg he suffered during his senior year of high school… enrolled early at Carolina in January of 2015… earned Outstanding Weight Room accolades for the defense during the spring.

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from First Coast High School in Jacksonville, Fla. in December of 2014… coached by Marty Lee… Buccaneers went 12-1 in his senior season and reached the third round of the Florida 8A playoffs… broke his leg late in his final campaign… earned a spot on the Florida Class 8A all-state squad… tallied 103 tackles and three interceptions as a junior, earning first-team all-state honors… logged 74 tackles with seven forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries as a sophomore… considered a four-star recruit, the 19th-best player in the state of Florida, the nation’s fifth-best inside linebacker, and the country’s 112th-best player overall by Rivals… rated a three-star prospect and the 31st-best middle linebacker in the country by Scout… 247Sports ranks him as a three-star prospect, the 61st-best player in Florida and the nation’s 32nd-best outside linebacker… ranked as a four-star prospect, the 40th-best player in Florida, the No. 6 inside linebacker and No. 222 overall by ESPN… also considered Louisville and Southern California.

PERSONAL: Sherrod E. Pittman is a sport and entertainment management major.