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Tennessee commitment Kahlil McKenzie, a five-star senior defensive tackle from Clayton Valley Charter High School in Concord, Calif., has been ruled ineligible for his senior season, according to MaxPreps.com.
The 6-foot-4, 341-pound McKenzie transferred from Concord's De La Salle High School a private Catholic school to Clayton Valley earlier this year. According to the MaxPreps report, at the time of McKenzie's transfer, Gil Lemmon, the commissioner of the North Coast Section office of the California Interscholastic Federation, said that students transferring from a private school to any public school charter or otherwise still must to meet a number of requirements.
One of those requirements is that the transfer cannot be "athletically motivated." If a transfer is considered athletically motivated, then regardless of whether the player makes a change in residency, a student can be ruled athletically ineligible for up to a school year.
According to the report, McKenzie's family plans to release a statement shortly about the ruling and likely will pursue appeal procedures.
McKenzie, who has been committed to Tennessee since July 10, is ranked by 247Sports as the nation's No. 2 overall prospect and No. 1 defensive tackle in the 2015 class. He's the son of former Vols standout Reggie McKenzie, who's now the general manager for the NFL's Oakland Raiders.
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The 6-foot-4, 341-pound McKenzie transferred from Concord's De La Salle High School a private Catholic school to Clayton Valley earlier this year. According to the MaxPreps report, at the time of McKenzie's transfer, Gil Lemmon, the commissioner of the North Coast Section office of the California Interscholastic Federation, said that students transferring from a private school to any public school charter or otherwise still must to meet a number of requirements.
One of those requirements is that the transfer cannot be "athletically motivated." If a transfer is considered athletically motivated, then regardless of whether the player makes a change in residency, a student can be ruled athletically ineligible for up to a school year.
According to the report, McKenzie's family plans to release a statement shortly about the ruling and likely will pursue appeal procedures.
McKenzie, who has been committed to Tennessee since July 10, is ranked by 247Sports as the nation's No. 2 overall prospect and No. 1 defensive tackle in the 2015 class. He's the son of former Vols standout Reggie McKenzie, who's now the general manager for the NFL's Oakland Raiders.
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