University of Delaware Athletics
2022 Football Roster
Thyrick Pitts
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Manassas, Va.
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 200
- High School:
- Forest Park
- Major:
- Business Administration
2022 SEASON
All-CAA Third Team
Appeared and started in all 13 games
Finished with 57 catches for 631 yards, and a team high of 10 touchdowns
Became the seventh player in UD history with three TD catches in one game vs. Hampton
Had seven catches for 96 yards and two touchdowns against Villanova
Caught seven for 94 yards and one touchdown against Delaware State
Had two touchdown catches vs Monmouth
FCS ADA Academic All-Star
2021 SEASON
All-CAA Second Team
Appeared and started in 10 games
Had three 100-yard receiving games against CAA opponents
Finished with team highs of 43 catches for 669 yards and seven touchdowns
Had five catches for 116 yards in season opener at Maine, including a 66-yard touchdown
Caught seven passes for 115 yards and two touchdowns at Stony Brook
Had season highs of 11 catches and 169 yards at Richmond
Caught a touchdown pass in each of Delaware’s first three games (Maine, Saint Francis, Rutgers)
Selected to the 2021 Fall CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll
2020-21 SEASON
An All-CAA First Team performer at wide receiver, starting all eight games for the Blue Hens
Tied for second in the CAA with 29 catches and ranked third in the conference with 451 receiving yards
Had a season-high 104 receiving yards on five catches, including a 45-yarder at Villanova (4/17)
Matched his career high with six catches against Stony Brook (3/13) for 95 yards and a score
Had a touchdown reception in three straight games
Also carried the ball three times for 19 yards, including an 11 yard rush
Earned a selection the the CoSIDA Academic All-District 2 team
Selected to the CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll for the fall semester
2019 SEASON
Appeared in all 12 games for the Blue Hens
Led the team in receiving with 647 yards on 41 receptions
Caught three passes for touchdowns
Recorded season-high 128 receiving yards on five catches vs. Penn (9/21)
Hauled in six catches for 81 yards in the season opener vs. Delaware State (8/29) and another six for 79 to close the season at Villanova (11/23)
2018 SEASON
Played in 5 games but did not start
Recorded one tackle and one assist
Recorded two catches for 31 yards against Lafayette (9/15)
2017 SEASON
Played in all 11 games as a freshman but did not record a start
HIGH SCHOOL
Standout wide receiver who began his high school career at Phillipsburg (N.J.) High School before final two seasons at Forest Park High School in Woodbridge, Va. • played safety for Phillipsburg High School team that went 11-1 and captured the conference and state title for head coach Ryan Ditze in 2014
Moved on to Forest Park where he was a two-year starter for head coach Daniel Bruten
Team captain as a senior
Team Most Valuable Player and earned first team all-conference and All-Metro honors as a senior in 2016
VHSL All-Star Game selection
Caught 62 passes for 1,044 yards and 14 touchdowns over his final two seasons at Forest Park, including 33 for 604 yards and nine touchdowns in 2016
Honor student
Earned Academic Achievement Award as a senior
PERSONAL
Thyrick (“thigh-rick”) Lamont Pitts, Jr.
Born April 8 in Miami, Florida
Son of Thyrick Sr. and Tatana Pitts
Has two younger sisters
Father is a district manager and mother is an elementary school teacher
Mother played college basketball at Florida International University in 1992-96
A Fall 2020 graduate of the University of Delaware
Obtaining his masters degree in business administration
