Tim Pichette was a playmaking Duquesne safety with big-game instincts
Tim Pichette stood out at Duquesne as a high-IQ, disruptive defensive back whose best trait was playmaking in key moments. In the 2003 season, he earned second-team All-MAAC recognition and helped a Duquesne secondary that ranked second nationally the previous year in pass defense and pass efficiency defense; in a 2003 game against Robert Morris, he logged 7 tackles, an end-zone interception, and a forced fumble. That combination of range, ball skills, and clutch disruption is exactly why coaches would care: he looked like the kind of DB who raises a defense’s ceiling when the lights get bright.[6][9][12]
