Top football recruit didn’t play for Providence Day on Friday night. What we know

Providence Day All-America tight end Kendre Harrison didn’t play in the Chargers’ high school football game against Charlotte Country Day on Friday. Harrison was not injured and, according to an Observer correspondent on site, Harrison was not at the game.

Providence Day beat Country Day 63-15.

Harrison caused waves in national high school circles when he announced a transfer from Reidsville High to Providence Day last month.

Sources have told The Observer that Harrison, a 6-foot-7, 245-pound junior, is considering transferring back to Reidsville High School, where he played his freshman and junior seasons.

Efforts by The Observer to reach Harrison’s mother, via phone and text, were unsuccessful.

After Friday’s game, Providence Day coach Chad Grier said he wasn’t sure if Harrison would play with the Chargers any more this season.

“You have to ask Kendre about that,” Grier said. “Kendre’s a great kid. I love him. He’s done everything I’ve asked of him. He’s doing well in school. He’s worked hard. He’s humble. I think he’s got an incredibly high ceiling. I just think the world of the kid and wish him the best. You’d have to talk to him about anything else.”

Asked if Harrison was still with the team, Grier said, “We love him and wish him the very best. With us, or wherever he is, he always has access to me whenever he needs me.”

Harrison was named the MaxPreps national male athlete of the year toward the end of his sophomore year last spring after leading Reidsville to N.C. 2A public school state championships in football and basketball.

ESPN recently ranked Harrison the No. 10 high school football player in America, regardless of grade or position.

Harrison recently named his top six schools for college. He’s expected to play football, but may try to also play basketball in college. His final six: Florida State, Miami, North Carolina, Oregon, Penn State and Tennessee.

Harrison is also a top-50 recruit nationally in basketball, where he plays power forward. He has a blue-blood basketball offer from North Carolina as well as from schools including Florida State, N.C. State, Texas A&M and Wake Forest.

In an exclusive interview with The Observer last month, Harrison said leaving his teammates at Reidsville was one of the hardest things he’s ever had to do. But he said he wanted to make the move to get better coaching and more competition, including facing other nationally-ranked talent on the Providence Day team daily in practice, including 5-star tackle David Sanders, who recently committed to Tennessee.

“That’s why I’m here,” Harrison told The Observer in August. “I know Providence Day is a family, man. They do everything as a family, and coach (Chad) Grier is a great coach who is always going to push you. And everybody wants to be great. I do, too.”

This story will be updated.