Jesuit expects decision on Harrell Wednesday

Posted Sep 14, 2010 by Nick Williams

Updated Sep 14, 2010 at 10:42 AM

Jesuit athletic director Terry Rupp said he will learn the eligibility status of senior linebacker Anthony Harrell on Wednesday.

Harrell, a 6-foot-2, 215 pound Division I recruit, has been held out of the last two games, a decision made by the Jesuit administration pending clarification by the Florida High School Athletic Association regarding a transfer rule.

That rule is FHSAA bylaw 9.3.5.3, which states “a student who transfers to a school within one year of the relocation of any member of the coaching staff of the student’s sport(s), on any level regardless of which level the student participated, will not be eligible to participate in the sport(s) coached by that coach until the student has been in attendance for one calendar year if said coach is in any way affiliated with the athletic program at the new school.”

Harrell transferred from Freedom High to Jesuit this summer, months after his father, James Harrell, resigned from his head coaching position at Freedom to be Jesuit’s new head coach.