The Pitt Panthers have secured another player with local connections.
A recruit from the Class of 2025, has declared his commitment to Pitt as a preferred walk-on for the upcoming season.
He played for Pine-Richland High School in Gibsonia, PA, where he enjoyed significant success. He helped lead the team to two WPIAL 5A Championships, winning 34-3 over Upper St. Clair in 2022 and 20-9 over Peters Township in 2024.
Additionally, he earned the PIAA 5A Championship as a sophomore in 2022, defeating Philadelphia powerhouse Imhotep Charter 28-14 in the final. In his senior year of 2024, he reached the PIAA 5A Semifinals, but the team fell to Bishop McDevitt High School of Harrisburg, 28-14.
Standing 6-foot-3 and weighing 290 pounds, Nindl played both offensive guard and defensive tackle for Pine-Richland over the past three seasons.
Nindl received offers from a variety of programs, including Division III schools Hampden-Sydney College and Saint Francis (Pa.), Division II schools Clarion, Edinboro, and Slippery Rock, as well as a Division I offer from FCS team Sacred Heart.
He is one of three recruits from the WPIAL in the Class of 2025, joining fellow three-star recruits: offensive lineman Shep Turk from Thomas Jefferson High School in Jefferson Hills, Pa., and safety/linebacker John Wetzel from Greater Latrobe High School in Latrobe, Pa., both of whom received scholarships.
Along with Turk, Nindl is part of a group of five scholarship offensive linemen in the 2025 class for Pitt. The other recruits include Torian Chester from Westover High School in Albany, Ga., Jordan Fields from North Shore High School in Houston, Texas, and Akram Elnagmi from the NFL Academy in the UK.
Nindl is also one of three preferred walk-ons for the Panthers in this class, alongside quarterback Beau Jackson from West Bloomfield High School in West Bloomfield, Mich., and defensive lineman Charlie Donehue from Olentangy Liberty High School in Powell, Ohio.
This marks another player from Pine-Richland High School heading to Pitt, continuing a strong pipeline that has previously produced athletes like linebacker Nico Elms, punter Matt Yoklic, quarterbacks Ben DiNucci and Phil Jurkovec, and tight end Grant Carrigan.
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