PITTSBURGH — Pitt coach Dave Wannstedt keeps turning out Top 25 recruiting classes. The challenge now is to develop those players into a Top 25 team.

The Panthers, coming off successive non-winning seasons for the first time since 1998-99, concentrated on building depth along the offensive and defensive lines with a 2007 class that is Top 20-rated by several major scouting services.

Pitt also picked up two of Pennsylvania's most prolific yardage producers in Manheim Township quarterback Pat Bostick and former Harrisburg Bishop McDevitt running back LeSean McCoy, a Top 10 recruit nationally before badly injuring an ankle in 2005.

"I can't wait to start winning eight, nine, 10 games a year, because classes like this are a credit to a lot of people," Wannstedt said Wednesday. "When we start winning nine games a year, then we'll start having fun."

That hasn't happened yet. Pitt went 5-6 in Wannstedt's first season in 2005, then was 6-6 with five consecutive losses to end last season despite an excellent freshman class.

Both seasons, Pitt failed to match up strength- or speed-wise to the better teams on its schedule, including Big East rivals West Virginia, Louisville and Rutgers — one reason Wannstedt's staff made linemen a priority.

Of Pitt's 25 recruits, six are defensive linemen and five are offensive linemen,

Pat Bostick, qb, 6-3, 220, Manheim Township HS, Lancaster, Pa.Myles Caragein, dl, 6-2, 270, Keystone Oaks HS, Pittsburgh.Dom DeCicco, db, 6-3, 200, Thomas Jefferson HS, Jefferson Hills, Pa.Tommie Duhart, dl, 6-2, 275, Coffeyville (Kan.) CC, Coffeyville.John Fieger, ol, 6-5, 265, Upper Perkiomen HS, Red Hill, Pa.Greg Gaskins, ol, 6-4, 280, William Penn HS, York, Pa.Jordan Gibbs, te, 6-7, 270, Penn Manor HS, Lancaster, Pa.Max Gruder, lb, 6-2, 230, Charlotte Country Day School, Charlotte, N.C.Justin Hargrove, dl, 6-4, 245, Baldwin HS, Pittsburgh.Shariff Harris, rb, 6-1, 190, St. Peter's Prep, Irvington, N.J.Kyle Hubbard, wr, 6-4, 225, St. Edward's HS, Lakewood, Ohio.Henry Hynoski, fb, 6-2, 245, Southern Columbia HS, Elysburg, Pa.Buddy Jackson, db, 6-0, 160, Cypress Bay HS, Weston, Fla.Chris Jacobsen, ol, 6-3, 285, Keystone Oaks HS, Pittsburgh.Wayne Jones, dl, 6-2, 315, Bishop McCort HS, Johnstown, Pa.Brandon Lindsey, lb, 6-2, 225, Aliquippa HS, Aliquippa, Pa.Dan Matha, ol, 6-6, 310, McDowell HS, Erie, Pa.LeSean McCoy, rb, 5-11, 205, Milford Academy, New Berlin, N.Y.Sherod Murdock, db, 6-0, 170, Middleton HS, Tampa, Fla.Tristan Roberts, lb, 6-0, 215, Pennridge HS, Perkasie, Pa.Jabaal Sheard, dl, 6-4, 240, Hollywood Hills HS, Hollywood, Fla.Tony Tucker, dl, 6-2, 225, St. John's College HS, Washington.Greg Williams, rb, 6-3, 215, Barron Collier HS, Naples, Fla.Maurice Williams, wr, 6-1, 190, Strong Vincent HS, Erie, Pa.Aundre Wright, wr, 5-11, 185, Milford Academy, New Berlin, N.Y.