Former NFL star Larry Fitzgerald reflects on time at Pitt in commencement speech

He was presented with an honorary doctorate from the university.

Larry Fitzgerald Jr.’s time at Pitt was short. The wide receiver and Heisman Trophy runner-up flashed his professional bona fides in two years with the Panthers and was off to what would become a 17year career with the Arizona Cardinals.

But Fitzgerald’s fondness for Pittsburgh lingered long past his final year in 2003. Pitt honored Fitzgerald on Sunday with a Doctorate of Letters during the spring commencement ceremony, where he...