Booker T. Washington DE and Miami commit Donell Harris had an explosive sophomore season where he recorded 22 sacks, which led to him landing on both the first team All-Dade and first team All-State teams. He received more accolades last week when 247Sports came out with their new rankings for the 2021 class, as Harris was named a top 5 player nationally (#4 overall), the #1 weakside DE in the country, and the #1 player in the state of Florida.
“It feels great, but know I have to live up to the standards,” Harris said on being ranked highly.
Harris has been a sought after name in the recruiting world for over a year now, but the Booker T. Washington star received another big-time offer shortly after the new rankings were released. Kirby Smart and the Georgia Bulldogs threw a bid Harris’ way late last week and the 6’4” 210 pound prospect gave his thoughts on the SEC power.
“I’m very excited right now about the offer, but I don’t know much about Georgia besides they have one of the best defenses in the country,” Harris said. “I also know about Nolan Smith, I study his film a lot.”
Despite the intriguing offer, though, Harris says he doesn’t see it affecting his commitment to Miami too much.
“It ain’t no problem,” Harris said of the UGA offer relative to his UM commitment.
Harris attributes part of the draw to Miami as being the other local commitments in the 2021 class, as he feels they are a tight-knit group that wants to bring pride to the city.
“We are really glued together,” Harris said. “Actually, we got our own little groupchat and we speak to each other on a daily basis. They are all great.”
The class got another chance to bond this past weekend when the Hurricanes invited a large amount of recruits to their spring scrimmage event at Traz Powell Stadium. While Harris and his fellow commits had a good time hanging out together, they also used this weekend to try and to add others to the class as well.
“It was an awesome experience and there was a lot energy from the supporters,” Harris said. “Also, it was great socializing with the current players and commits. We’re just trying to get players like Terrence Lewis to flip and get Corey Collier and Jason Marshall to UM. But overall the scrimmage was amazing. Can’t wait to get there and put that UM uniform on.”
When asked about how he imagines what it will be like when he puts on the orange and green and what he sees for his Miami career, Harris feels it’s better to focus on the season in front of him and outlined his goals for his junior year at Booker T. Washington.
“I just want to focus on right now, that will come later on,” Harris said. “Goals for this year are 30 sacks, a state title, and first team All-Dade and All-State. I know I’m the best DE.”
“It feels great, but know I have to live up to the standards,” Harris said on being ranked highly.
Harris has been a sought after name in the recruiting world for over a year now, but the Booker T. Washington star received another big-time offer shortly after the new rankings were released. Kirby Smart and the Georgia Bulldogs threw a bid Harris’ way late last week and the 6’4” 210 pound prospect gave his thoughts on the SEC power.
“I’m very excited right now about the offer, but I don’t know much about Georgia besides they have one of the best defenses in the country,” Harris said. “I also know about Nolan Smith, I study his film a lot.”
Despite the intriguing offer, though, Harris says he doesn’t see it affecting his commitment to Miami too much.
“It ain’t no problem,” Harris said of the UGA offer relative to his UM commitment.
Harris attributes part of the draw to Miami as being the other local commitments in the 2021 class, as he feels they are a tight-knit group that wants to bring pride to the city.
“We are really glued together,” Harris said. “Actually, we got our own little groupchat and we speak to each other on a daily basis. They are all great.”
The class got another chance to bond this past weekend when the Hurricanes invited a large amount of recruits to their spring scrimmage event at Traz Powell Stadium. While Harris and his fellow commits had a good time hanging out together, they also used this weekend to try and to add others to the class as well.
“It was an awesome experience and there was a lot energy from the supporters,” Harris said. “Also, it was great socializing with the current players and commits. We’re just trying to get players like Terrence Lewis to flip and get Corey Collier and Jason Marshall to UM. But overall the scrimmage was amazing. Can’t wait to get there and put that UM uniform on.”
When asked about how he imagines what it will be like when he puts on the orange and green and what he sees for his Miami career, Harris feels it’s better to focus on the season in front of him and outlined his goals for his junior year at Booker T. Washington.
“I just want to focus on right now, that will come later on,” Harris said. “Goals for this year are 30 sacks, a state title, and first team All-Dade and All-State. I know I’m the best DE.”
