Michael Pittman Jr.

BIOGRAPHY

Pittman was born October 5, 1997, in Southern California where he attended Valencia High School his freshman year and Oaks Christian for his other 3 years. As a senior, he caught 81 passes for 1,990 yards and 24 touchdowns and was named first-team All-America by Parade and Max Preps, and was invited to the All-American Bowl. In the last game of his senior year, he had 16 catches for 354 yards and five touchdowns. As a four-star recruit in high school, Pittman committed to the University of Southern California.

As a true freshman, Pittman caught 6 passes for 82 yards on offense while returning two punts for 63 yards, four kickoffs for 31 yards, blocking a punt, and forcing a fumble on special teams. In his sophomore season, he had 23 receptions for 404 yards and two touchdowns with a punt returned for a touchdown and a blocked punt on special teams. Pittman was named the Pac-12 Conference Special Teams Player of the Week for Week 12 after returning a punt 72 yards for a touchdown against UCLA and was named first-team All-Conference as a special teamer. As a junior Pittman had 41 receptions for 758 yards with 6 touchdowns. After deciding to go back to college for his senior year Pittman finished with 101 receptions for 1,275 yards and 11 touchdowns. He was named first-team All-Pac-12 and a consensus second-team All-America selection. He was also a finalist for the Fred Biletnikoff Award and won the Pop Warner Award, given the college senior on and off the field. After his senior year, he was drafted 34th to the Indianapolis Colts.

He had his first 100-yard game with seven receptions for 101 yards in the 34–17 victory against the Tennessee Titans in Week 10