Jesuit’s Harrell deemed eligible by FHSAA

Posted Sep 16, 2010 by Nick Williams

Updated Sep 16, 2010 at 01:31 PM

Jesuit senior linebacker/fullback Anthony Harrell, who has been held from playing in the team’s first two games pending clearance by the Florida High School Athletic Association regarding a possible transfer violation, has been deemed eligible to play, FHSAA spokesperson Seth Polansky said.

Jesuit (2-0) travels to Durant (1-1) tonight in a non-district game.

The decision to withhold Harrell was made by the Jesuit administration. The violation in question is of 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 football coach.

Harrell, a 6-foot-2, 215 pound athlete, has offers from USF, West Virginia, Wake Forest and N.C. State, to name a few.