Dakari Johnson, a 6-foot-11 rising sophomore, must will sit out the upcoming school year after transferring to Montverde (Fla.) Academy from Elizabeth (N.J.) St. Patrick, headmaster Kasey Kesselring told the Orlando Sentinel.
According to Florida High School Athletic Association rules, a player following his coach to a different school is ineligible to compete for a year, Kesselring told the paper.
A year ago, Johnson was a key player on a St. Patrick team that was ranked No. 1 nationally for most of the season before losing to arch-rival St. Anthony in the North Jersey Non Public Parochial B title game.
Johnson, 15, told SNY.tv at the LeBron James Camp that Syracuse, Kentucky and Georgetown were courting him and that Syracuse was “recruiting him the hardest.”
ZAGSBLOG reported last month that Johnson had transferred to Montverde.
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