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Elijah Zeise’s NFL Preseason Debut Emotional Night for Family
Not all kids playing sports are fortunate enough to have a dad that&#;s able and willing to consistently work with them from childhood, drive them to various out-of-state football camps, take them to coaching clinics, take them to multiple out-of-state football combines, etc.
Fortunately for Elijah Zeise, he had one of those people in his father,Pittsburgh Post-Gazette columnist Paul Zeise.
Paul wasn&#;t a father that pushed his kid into playing sports and wasn&#;t someone that tried to live athletically through his son. His only goal was to assist his son in any way he could and try and help Elijah become the best person and athlete that he could possibly be.
Elijah repaid his dad first when he graduated from Pitt with a dual major and then the icing on the cake occurred last night in Arizona, when he played in his first NFL preseason game.
Like he&#;s been throughout his son&#;s entire athletic career, Paul was i
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Watch: Paul Zeise Talks Elijah, Pat Narduzzi and Future of Pitt Football
Being a Pittsburgh native and former beat writer, Paul Zeise has attended and covered hundreds of Pitt games.
Some of those games were memorable, some had great individual performances but Saturday’s game vs. Virginia Tech will be one that he’ll never ever forget.
Watching your son run out of the tunnel for the last time at home is beyond special.
Elijah Zeise played at Heinz Field for the final time.
Tonight, PSN talked with Zeise about what that day was like, reflected on his son’s decision to attend Pitt, the side of Pat Narduzzi most people don’t know about and the possible history making game this coming Saturday.
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Father and son share longtime connection to Pitt football
When Elijah Zeise was eight years old, his parents took him to see a Pitt football game at Heinz Field.
It was The Panthers upset No. 5 Virginia Tech beneath a visible eclipse that lit up the faces of some 66, fans in attendance almost as much as Pitt’s last-minute, game-winning touchdown did.
Elijah watched most of the thriller from a yellow seat in the frigid November air. He made his way to Heinz Field’s heated press box, which sits seven stories above the playing field, to watch the rest of the game with his father, Paul, who covered Pitt football for The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at the time.
As Paul typed away at his computer, Elijah took in the view: the half-grass-half-turf gridiron illuminated by hundreds of floodlights. Pittsburgh’s skyline and rivers twinkled together in the distance.
“It’s so sweet. Just looking down. It’s crazy,” Elijah, now a freshman wide receiver at Pitt, said. He now calls that playing sur