2023 season:
Bartholomew recorded 18 gatherings for 326 yards (18.1 yards per capture) with a landing final season
Stats:
Bartholomew has recorded 67 gatherings for 935 yards (14.0 yards per gathering) and seven touchdowns in three seasons at Pitt
Camp viewpoint:
Bartholomew is the fellow. He’s the pioneer within the room, maybe the foremost critical target offensively and will be utilized in a better approach in 2024
Anticipated part:
Bartholomew is the No. 1 tight conclusion on the list, without address, and if the season goes well, he’ll be the No. 1 tight conclusion within the ACC
Bartholomew (6-foot-5, 250 pounds) arrived at Pitt as an under-the-radar three-star select from the center of Pennsylvania, a Buffalo flip. His travel has been amazing.
He developed in his genuine first year recruit season as a complement to previous Pitt tight conclusion Lucas Krull, who is presently with the Denver Broncos, and entered his sophomore season with sky-high desires. For a few reason, whether it was previous hostile facilitator Straight to the point Cignetti Jr. or anything, he hasn’t been utilized to anyplace close his potential.
Bartholomew recorded 18 gatherings for 326 yards (18.1 yards per capture) with a landing in 2023 on the way to All-ACC honorable say respects. He had the most noteworthy gathering rate (66.7%), and he made 3-of-4 challenged catches with fair a single drop.
In three seasons at Pitt, Bartholomew has recorded 67 gatherings for 935 yards (14.0 yards per gathering) and seven touchdowns — flourishing despite a genuine disengage between Bartholomew and the grouping of quarterbacks tossing the ball his way.
Bartholomew met with Pat Narduzzi and the coaching staff taking after the conclusion of the season and tried to express that he needed to be able to assist the team out. He wasn’t attempting to be childish, but he felt he might offer assistance the Jaguars out more — get more included and move around more. And how was that ask met?
“They said they would, so yeah,” Bartholomew said in Walk at the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex.
So, he’s back for one more season. And unused hostile facilitator Kade Chime and tight closes coach Jacob Bronowski are more than cheerful to have him. In an offense that perhaps needs a genuine “star” ability player, Bartholomew offers a parcel of potential.
It’s not as on the off chance that Bartholomew may be a mystery, but it’s nearly as on the off chance that there was a mystery way to utilize him that Cignetti never figured out.
Bronowski has watched all of Bartholomew’s film since arriving. He sees the ability — the ball abilities, the physicality and the game-breaking capacity. He’s challenged Bartholomew to be the same fella day in and day out. There’s an opportunity for him.
“Now for (Bartholomew) the challenge is, can you be that steady column in everything that you’re doing, right?” Bronowski said in March. “And let that be infectious to those around you. Since we got a part of youth, you see at that wide recipient room, there’s a parcel of youth in there. So, he’s got a parcel of caps to wear, but I think that eventually is progressing to advantage him since presently he’s getting to be able to truly take that another hop and get back to where he was and indeed more