If the presumed starter of a Pitt position group is ruled ineligible for the entire season less than 24 hours before the season opener, it doesn’t tend to bode well for the success of the unit going forward.

Pittsburgh running back Rodney Hammond will be available when the unbeaten Panthers open ACC play against North Carolina.

Rodney Hammond Jr.’s senior year was supposed to be his true breakout season — until it wasn’t. A mere 24 hours before the start of the 2024 campaign, Hammond was deemed ineligible with no full understanding as to why.

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — University of Pittsburgh running back Rodney Hammond Jr. has been cleared to play.

Pitt senior running back Rodney Hammond, who was expected to carry a significant workload before he was declared ineligible for the season the day before the opener, has been reinstated and will be available Saturday when the Panthers visit North Carolina.

Pitt senior running back Rodney Hammond was ruled eligible after missing the first month of the season and will play Saturday when the Panthers square off with North Carolina. Hammond

PITTSBURGH — Rodney Hammond Jr. is returning to game action this weekend. Pitt head coach Pat Narduzzi announced Thursday that Hammond is eligible and will play in the ACC opener against North Carolina on Saturday in Chapel Hill,

Rodney Hammond is back.The Pitt running back, who was previously ruled ineligible to play for the 2024 season, will return to the field against North Carolina Saturday, coach Pat Narduzzi

For the first time since 2000, the Pittsburgh football program is off to a 4-0 start, leaving fans of the Panthers to wonder whether Pat Narduzzi’s squad can continue their winning ways with ACC play set to begin on Saturday afternoon.

Pittsburgh running back Rodney Hammond will be available on Saturday when the unbeaten Panthers open Atlantic Coast Conference play against North Carolina.