Macvittie is generally regarded as the future starter for Pitt, the biggest problem is that he only played quarterback for 1 year in high school, but was ranked by 24/7 as a top 100 recruit and #8 pro-qb, and is currently being redshirted as a freshman this year. Our other possible starter will be a redshirt sophmore next year, but was 3rd on the depth chart this year with little/no playing experience. Our starter and backup are both gone next year. So while we have hopes for Macvittie, giving him another year to be a backup and gain experience, before starting in 2018 as a redshirt sophmore, seems like a good idea to Pitt fans.
The only other quarterback on the roster is a redshirt sophomore transfer from UCF that started there as a true freshman, but threw 2 touchdowns and 7 interceptions in 3 games.
It doesn't matter what Notre Dame's record is regarding their quarterback situation. DeShone Kizer is having a great statistical year. 59% completions, 2900 yards, 26 tds to 9 picks plus almost 500 yards rushing with 9 rushing touchdowns. Most people have him going 3rd in the draft, not 3rd round or 3rd quarterback...3rd overall. How many quarterbacks in the nation do you think would beat out someone of that caliber to start? Zaire was in tight competition with him all camp. Kizer wasn't named the starter until after his 5 touchdown performance against Texas in the season opener.
Does this guarantee that Zaire is coming to Pitt, or that he will be good wherever he goes? No, but it's easy to see why people would get excited about the prospect of bringing in someone that can play as well as Peterman did this year while giving our expected future starter another year to develop.
