Zach Harrison didn’t quite realize how his unwillingness to talk to the media would affect the attention paid on him.
He didn’t do many interviews throughout the entire process, preferring to remain quiet and embark on his recruitment with a tight inner circle that didn’t publicize anything. For a five-star prospect in Big Ten country, there wasn’t much precedent. Harrison thought that would allow him more privacy. Plus, he said it would have added an “extra level of stress” that he didn’t need.
But as the process extended and he remained unsold on any single school, keeping Ohio State, Michigan and Penn State in the running, the public’s interest in him picked up.