“I don’t know if I should take that as a compliment or an insult,” Jurkovec said, smiling, when it was his turn at the podium. There are no secrets among teammates - even new ones - so McMillon told the story with Jurkovec in the room. Jurkovec’s impact was so profound that McMillon’s father nicknamed the 6-foot-5, 214-pound future Pitt quarterback “The Galloping Giraffe.” Next thing I know, I looked up and there were no fans.”
“We came out and stopped him first drive,” said McMillon, a safety. “I was a freshman who didn’t play, and I was in by the third quarter,” said McMillon on Wednesday when Pitt introduced him, Jurkovec and former Gateway running back Derrick Davis as three of their 2023 transfers.
Jurkovec’s Pine-Richland team beat McMillon and Peters Township, 56-7, on the way to the Rams winning WPIAL and PIAA 6A championships in 2017. Donovan McMillon remembers the first time he was on the same football field with Phil Jurkovec.įrom McMillon’s perspective, it wasn’t a pretty sight.
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