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.