Dan Cafaro Class: RS Junior Hometown: Upper St. Clair, Pa. High School: Upper St. Clair Height / Weight: 5-10 / 170 Position: DB

2008 Scouting Report: One of the Pitt football program's unsung heroes...a second-year walk-on who will compete at cornerback...tenacious competitor with a nose for action...in his first season with the program was named recipient of the Demale Stanley Award, which goes to the team's most inspirational player...Cafaro earned the admiration of his teammates while undergoing treatment for cancer.

2007: Joined team as a walk-on and redshirted.

High School: Three-time all-section honoree at Upper St. Clair High under Coach Jim Render...earned three letters as a receiver, cornerback and kick returner for USC...compiled 16 interceptions and 12 blocked kicks during his three-year varsity career...scored 16 touchdowns and blocked eight kicks as a senior...helped team to a three-year record of 32-5 (.865), including three WPIAL Class AAAA playoff berths...his junior year, Upper St. Clair captured its conference title and advanced to the WPIAL championship game, finishing 12-1...Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Fabulous 22"...Pittsburgh Tribune-Review "Terrific 25"... selected to play in the Pennsylvania Football Coaches Association East-West All-Star Game...also an all-state performer in baseball, earning three letters in that sport... named captain of both the football and baseball teams.

Personal: Daniel Michael Cafaro, born 5/12/87, is the son of Jim and Cindy Cafaro...has one brother and one sister...father played baseball at Duquesne and also in the Cincinnati Reds minor league system...communication and rhetoric major.