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High School:Highly regarded tight end prospect who adds to Pitt's growing Johnstown pipeline...three-year starter on both sides of the ball for Bishop McCort...had 11 receptions for 242 yards (22.0 avg.) and five touchdowns his senior year...as a defensive lineman, compiled 43 tackles and three sacks...had a successful senior season despite coming off a significant knee injury late in his junior year...played the final three games of his junior campaign with a torn ACL and MCL...posted career receiving numbers of 43 catches for 572 yards (13.3 avg.) and 12 TDs...defensively had 117 tackles and 12 sacks for his career...Tribune-Democrat All-Area Team...rated No. 71 on Scout's East Top 100 list...rated Pennsylvania's No. 17 prospect by SuperPrep, No. 20 by Keystone Recruiting, No. 21 by Rivals and No. 29 by Scout...SuperPrep All-Northeast Team...considered one of the country's top 30 tight end prospects by Rivals...led Bishop McCort to one of its most successful three-year periods in school history...team went 32-7 (.821) during Cruz's three varsity seasons, including two district championships and a pair of PIAA playoff berths...played under Coach Ken Salem...elected to play in the PSFCA East-West All-Star Game...was also a two-year letterman in basketball...joins fellow Bishop McCort product Wayne Jones, a redshirt freshman offensive lineman at Pitt. Personal: Michael D'Angelo Cruz, born 6/7/90, is the son of Martha and James Bernard...has one brother and twin sisters...brother Jose is a sophomore tight end at Akron. |
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