Former Alabama QB Eli Holstein has come out of the gate strong in his first season at Pitt. Here's a look back at what led to him to transfer from Alabama:

One of the biggest surprises in college football this season has been the Pitt Panthers. Head coach Pat Narduzzi has led the Panthers to a 5-0 start for the first time since 1991. It's been an impressive start against a relatively tough start over the first five weeks.

Holstein is already establishing himself as one of the top quarterbacks in the country and he's doing things at the start of his career that no Pitt quarterback has done since Dan Marino.

Eli Holstein threw for a career-best 381 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for another score as Pittsburgh beat North Carolina 34-24 on Saturday for its first 5-0 start since 1991. Holstein completed 25-of-42 passes,

Pitt and North Carolina spent much of Saturday afternoon trading touchdowns before the Panthers’ 31-24 victory reached a climatic moment early in the fourth quarter. With Pitt clinging to a seven-point lead after the score had been tied three times at 10,

On Saturday afternoon, the University of Pittsburgh earned their first ever win in eight visits to Chapel Hill, scoring a 34-24 win over a desperate and reeling North Carolina Tar Heels squad that has now dropped three games in a row after winning their opening three games of the season.