Despite playing in a game last year, received a waiver to be eligible immediately for this season. Although Yellen hasn’t had the opportunity to build the same chemistry with Aiyuk and Darby as Daniels, he made it appear otherwise on Saturday. Be sure to join Cardiac Hill’s Facebook page and follow us on Twitter @PittPantherBlog for our regular updates on Pitt athletics. Typically, not starting in their first season doesn’t obstruct a young quarterback’s development. Thus far, head coach Pat Narduzzi hasn’t made a decision — at least not publicly. He’ll throw it. And John McGonigal of the PG seems to theorize here that Beville over Yellen would make sense given he’s been here longer. Yellen, a four-star 247 recruit, transferred from Arizona State. “We came in and we were a little nervous at first given that Joey had not really taken that (many) reps in practice,” Darby said. Chris Karpman SunDevilSource.com Arizona State Insider. But at the very least, Yellen gave. Pitt fans have seen even less of redshirt freshman Joey Yellen, the presumed favorite for a lot of folks. Yellen, a four-star 247 recruit, transferred from Arizona State. Returning senior Kenny Pickett will enter the Pitt football season as the starting quarterback — that much is clear. Already have the app? In fact, it might increase it. Patti is the lone returnee with experience. If there were a word to describe Yellen’s short tenure at ASU, perhaps it would be unexpected. Beville, who committed to Pitt has a three-star recruit (and later became a four-star Rivals recruit) is the real unknown here. His pass that was tipped and intercepted at the line of scrimmage by USC senior defensive lineman, Daniels is expected to return for ASU’s next game against Oregon State, per Likens, which would revert Yellen to his backup duties. His pass that was tipped and intercepted at the line of scrimmage by USC senior defensive lineman Christian Rector effectively ended the game on ASU’s last-chance drive to try and win the game in the fourth quarter. After Daniels left ASU’s game against UCLA when his leg was twisted by linebacker Josh Woods, Yellen made his first appearance for the Sun Devils for one play, but it was negated by a false start by redshirt freshman offensive lineman Spencer Lovell. — and didn’t take — the unexpected surprise of his appearance. He also had at least passes that could have easily been intercepted by the Trojans’ defense at different points in the game. Yellen’s performance certainly wasn’t a flawless first career start. So, could one of these guys catapult themselves to the starting job?