Guard Claudell Harris transferring to Mississippi State basketball from Boston College

Claudell Harris is transferring to Mississippi State basketball the former Boston College guard’s NIL agent, Noah Reisenfled, told ESPN on Saturday. He spent one season at BC in which he averaged 13.7 points per contest.

Harris’ basketball career started at Charleston Southern where he spent two seasons. With the Bucanneers, he appeared in 61 games and started 36. He averaged 13.4 points and 4.1 rebounds per game across the two campaigns. As a sophomore (2022-2023) he posted 17.4 points per contest.

Harris then left for Boston College where he started 28 of 35 games played last season. He shot 37% from the field while collecting 3.7 rebounds per game. His highest-scoring game of the campaign came on Dec. 21 when he posted 29 points against Lehigh.

Harris is a product of Hahnville, Louisiana, who attended Hahnville High School. He was unrated as a prospect in the 2021 recruiting class, according to the 247Sports Composite ranking.

MSU coach Chris Jans has now landed two transfer guards this offseason. Harris joins former Penn State guard Kanye Clary in committing to Mississippi State.

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Stefan Krajisnik is the Mississippi State beat writer for the Clarion Ledger. Contact him at skrajisnik@gannett.com or follow him on the X platform, formerly known as Twitter, @skrajisnik3.