Rising Jr. Harold Drawing Top Interest

Rising junior Eli Harold missed most of his sophomore season due to a fractured knee, but that hasn’t kept top programs from expressing high interest. The Ocean Lakes (Virginia Beach, VA) star defensive end/wide receiver appreciates the early interest, but he hasn’t gotten caught up in the attention.

“Virginia Tech is looking at me. There is West Virginia. I’ve talked to Coach [Chris] Beatty a lot. Florida came in and the coach said he’d be back for me next year. UNC is in there. Those are the four schools that have shown the most interest so far,” Harold said.

“The schools I named basically said they would be back for me. All of them said basically they were going to offer me. I’m still the same Eli, though, and I’m going to keep pushing and working hard. I’m not going to let the attention blow me up.”

Harold doesn’t plan on committing early, saying he would like to go through the process and see what schools offer officially. He was impressed with a visit he made to Virginia Tech, but for now he claims no favorites.

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