Thunder, rain and Tyrique Jarrett. Perhaps in that order. In a game in which Pitt largely dominated, the Panthers found a new star at Quarterback, a rising stud in the secondary and the ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Week in a 24-7 victory over Akron on Saturday night.

Jarrett, a junior from Alderdice High School in Pittsburgh, had 3 tackles for loss and 5 stops on a defense that held the Zips to 100 total yards rushing. In doing so, he received the ACC honor.

Things didn’t start off as smooth as Pitt had hoped. After taking the early 3-0 first quarter lead, the Panthers misread a simple dive play and watched Akron RB Conor Hundley rush almost untouched enroute to a 32 yard touchdown with 6:24 left in the half. The Zips led 7-3.

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