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New Jersey wide receiver Taj Harris committed to Syracuse football during an unofficial visit this weekend.

(Courtesy/Taj Harris)

Syracuse, N.Y. -- Taj Harris sat in Dino Babers' office Saturday evening after a full day of touring campus and breaking down film with the Syracuse football coaches.

Harris, a wide receiver from Palmyra (N.J.) High School, watched in awe as Babers showed him his old record player and put on "Rapper's Delight" by The Sugarhill Gang -- a 1979 single generally credited as the first full-length rap song.

At the end of the meeting, Harris locked in his commitment.

"Syracuse is Wide Receiver U," Harris said in a phone interview on Monday. "They just throw the ball a lot and that's something I would like to get into."

The 6-foot-2, 175-pound Harris is rated three stars and the No. 140 wide receiver this cycle by 247Sports.com's composite rankings. He played multiple positions for Palmyra last season, including quarterback, and finished the year with 1,431 total yards (441 passing/600 rushing/390 receiving) and 16 total touchdowns (7/6/3), per NJ.com. He said he chose the Orange over other finalists Rutgers, North Carolina State, Maryland and Wake Forest.

But Harris, who joins Anthony Queeley and Cooper Lutz as receivers pledged to SU's 2018 class has a unique twist in his recruitment -- he also plans to play basketball.

Harris sat down with SU men's basketball assistant coach Adrian Autry on Saturday and has the go-ahead from both coaching staffs to be a two-sport athlete as long as he keeps his grades up.

"That's the plan," Harris said.

Harris averaged 25.2 points, 7.4 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 3.6 steals per game for Palmyra last season en route to being named All-Group 1 by NJ.com. He said he's received low Division I interest, specifically mentioning Old Dominion.

Most of the football programs that recruited Harris were ready to let him play both sports, he said. SU's football coaches even sent him messages and jokes about his dunking ability.

For Harris, Syracuse is the complete package. He plans to major in broadcasting and was blown away by the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. That was the first building he toured upon arrived Saturday around noon.

"It was beautiful," Harris said. "I saw things in Newhouse that I've never seen before."

Harris was also enthused by SU's hurry-up spread offense. He broke down with a number of coaches, including primary recruiter and tight ends coach Reno Ferri as well as assistant head coach/wide receivers coach Kim McCloud.

The Orange sees him as a receiver who can line up on the outside and in the slot to best take advantage of matchups.

Harris stayed over Saturday night with sophomore wide receiver Devin Butler and the two discussed the opportunity for true freshmen to earn playing time at SU.

Butler did just that in 2016 before a concussion sidelined him for the final six games.

Now Harris turns his focus to his senior year. He said he does not plan on taking any other visits besides his official to SU and will likely enroll next summer.

Said Harris: "I'm fully committed to Syracuse."

Stephen Bailey covers Syracuse football for The Post-Standard/Syracuse.com. You can follow him on Twitter and Facebook. He can also be reached anytime via email or phone (315-427-2168).