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Three Five-Star Preps Watch Tar Heels Deflate NC State

Originally posted on FanNation All Tar Heels
By Matt Giles | Last updated 3/4/24

Frequent Tar Heel visitor Kendre' Harrison is the No. 1 tight end in the 2026 class and holds a UNC football offer. But he also shines for Reidsville High School (N.C.) as a five-star forward on the hardwood. He's left the door open to playing both sports at the college level and has checked out the UNC basketball program a couple of times.

The 6-foot-7, 245-pound athletic phenom was on hand for the team's 85-64 home win over Wake Forest in late January. Harrison returned less than two weeks later, this time alongside several of the school's other football targets, for UNC's 93-84 victory over visiting archrival Duke on Feb. 3.

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Then, on Saturday afternoon, he was back in the Dean E. Smith Center for a third time in six weeks, sitting next to his family and directly in front of his coach and UNC basketball legend Phil Ford. They witnessed the Tar Heels defeat rival NC State, 79-70, and improve to 3-0 this calendar year with Harrison in the building.

.@ReidsvilleHoops @SupremeDre8 talking with Phil Ford this afternoon at the Dean Dome during NC State vs. UNC game pic.twitter.com/qjcUXQogsB
— Brian Hall (@bhallwfmy) March 3, 2024

Thus far, Kendre' Harrison has reported over two dozen football suitors. His basketball offer sheet isn't as long; however, chances are UNC and others would be more than happy to entertain the idea of him being a dual-sport sensation at their school.

.@SupremeDre8 is Mr. Double Double

Harrison added another one tonight in style with 25 PTS & 10 REB in @RamsBballhoops 90-55 win over Lincolnton to advance to the 2A Sweet 16⏭️ pic.twitter.com/99mRBRHNd2
— Game of Inches-High School Sports (@GameofInchesHSS) March 2, 2024

Meanwhile, two of the Tar Heels' three 2024 signees were also in attendance on Saturday. Of course, it wasn't the first visit this season by five-star forward Drake Powell, who stars for nearby Northwood High School (N.C.), or five-star guard and fellow McDonald's All-American in Our Saviour Lutheran (N.Y.) standout Ian Jackson.

Drake and Ian in the house! #CarolinaFamily pic.twitter.com/TK3XeKYFb4
— Carolina Basketball (@UNC_Basketball) March 2, 2024

Link Academy (Mo.) four-star center James Brown, the third UNC prize in head coach Hubert Davis' fourth recruiting haul (No. 7 in the country), was in Chapel Hill for an official visit alongside Powell in October. That was a few weeks before they and Jackson inked their national letter of intent during the early signing period.

NEXT UNC BASKETBALL GAME: No. 9 Tar Heels (23-6, 15-3 ACC) at home versus unranked Notre Dame (12-17, 7-11 ACC), 7 p.m. ET Tuesday (ACCN)

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This article first appeared on FanNation All Tar Heels and was syndicated with permission.

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