Boston College transfer Claudell Harris commits to Mississippi State
Former Boston College guard Claudell Harris has found his new home after recently entering the transfer portal. According to Jeff Borzello, Harris has committed to playing for the Mississippi State Bulldogs next season.
Harris entered the NCAA Transfer Portal just over two weeks ago, leaving the Golden Eagles following a season where he averaged 13.7 points and shot 37% from three-point range this year. He began his career at Charleston State, and he will sign with YM APAA Sports as his representative agency.
In 2022-2023, Harris averaged 33.3% from deep at Charleston Southern and he bumped that average up a bit this year. A pretty solid all-around player, he averaged 3.7 rebounds and 2.1 assists this year for Boston College. Harris is just one of the latest Eagles to enter the transfer portal. Jaeden Zackery entered the portal on April 4th.
In high school, he starred for Hahnville High School (Louisiana). As a senior, he averaged nearly 21 points per game, earning first-team All-State honors in 2021 from the Louisiana Sports Writers Association. An explosive three-point shooter dating back to his high school days, Harris connected on 11 shots from beyond the arc in a single game. He also helped steer Hahnville to the Class 5A state semifinals as a junior and senior.
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In terms of competitiveness, the SEC and ACC are two of the top conferences in college basketball, so Harris will be taking essentially A lateral step in terms of the challenges he will face next season. However, with the Bulldogs, he will be joining a program that is looking to take the next step in their development under head coach Chris Jans. Jans has been hard on the recruiting trail, acquiring some top-tier talent out of the transfer portal while following a handful of his starters exiting the program, primarily individuals declaring for the 2024 NBA draft or exhausting their college eligibility like Tolu Smith and DJ Jefferies.
The rest of the Mississippi State roster is still coming together, but acquiring Harris is definitely a step in the right direction. If Jans And company are looking to rival the likes of Alabama, Kentucky, and Arkansas under the leadership of John Calipari, acquiring elite scorers and playmakers such as Harris will go a long way toward making them an elite college basketball program in the SEC next season.
On3’s Wade Peery contributed to this article