Pitt football received a second verbal commitment for its 2009 recruiting class from Blair Academy running back Dion Lewis, who will be a senior this fall at the Blairstown, N.J. school.

Lewis, 5 feet 7, 180 pounds, chose Pitt over Stanford, Syracuse, Wake Forest, Connecticut and Boston College and Cincinnati.

"I had a great visit this past weekend," said Lewis, who rushed for 12.3 per carry as a junior at Blair Academy and plans to graduate from high school in December and enroll at Pitt in January.

"I just felt like Pitt was the right place for me because of the coaches. Plus, to get to work with [current Pitt running back] LeSean McCoy is something that you can't pass up. To learn from him will be a very valuable experience."

Lineman Cory King of Lakeview in Mercer County committed to coach Dave Wannstedt's program earlier this month.