{"id":869879,"date":"2026-10-03T23:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T23:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/869879\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T23:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T23:20:09","slug":"pitt-qb-mason-heintschel-done-for-season-with-torn-acl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/869879\/","title":{"rendered":"Pitt QB Mason Heintschel done for season with torn ACL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">This article originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/sites\/pitt-sports-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/sites\/pitt-sports-news\/\">PittsburghSportsNOW<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/mason-heintschel-237555\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mason Heintschel<\/a> is done for the season. According to ESPN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PeteThamel\/status\/2106481065615667307?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">Pete Thamel<\/a>, Pitt\u2019s standout sophomore quarterback tore his ACL during Friday night\u2019s 35-33 road win over Virginia Tech.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Pat Narduzzi and the Panthers will have to forge on with Holden Geriner and Corey Dailey in the signal-caller room.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ve got faith in all of those guys in there, whether it\u2019s Holden or Corey Dailey,\u201d Narduzzi said after the win over the Hokies. \u201cWe\u2019ve got quarterbacks that we\u2019ll get to coach them up. He\u2019s gonna get a heck of a lot more reps. It\u2019s always hard to go in as a backup when you don\u2019t get very many reps. 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Mason Heintschel is done for the season. 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