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Jarvis Michael Killarney Harrington Jr. (June 20, 2006 – March 19, 2024) was a Canadian basketball player. Considered to one be the best draft prospects of his generation, Harrington was a consensus five-star recruit and was the top player in the 2024 class. Unfortunately, his career was cut short, as Harrington was murdered on March 19th, 2024 at a house party in his hometown of Houston, Texas.

Early life
Jarvis Michael Killarney Harrington Jr. was born in Toronto, Canada, on June 20th, 2006. His father, Jarvis Sr. is a businessman and former canadian football player, who is Jamaican and has distant Irish heritage while his mother, Theresa, is a homemaker and is of Haitian ancestry. He has an older brother, Christian, an older sister Maia, and two younger sisters, Maliyah and Evelyn.

Harrington would first become interested in a pursuit of basketball after him and his family would move to Houston, Texas when he was in the fourth grade.

High school career
Harrington grew up playing both football and basketball but he ultimately decided to make the complete switch to basketball in his freshman year of high school where he would attend Cypress Falls High School in Houston.

During his junior year at Cypress Falls, he would average 19.6 points, 9.2 rebounds and 4 assists and 3 steals a game, putting him on recruiting radars across the country. Following this, he would transfer to Montverde Academy in Montverde, Florida for his senior year. He breakout and would average 24.6 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists a game after growing to 6 foot 10 and 225 pounds over the course of his last two years in high school.

Recruiting
Harrington was a consensus five-star recruit and was the top player in the 2024 class, according to major recruiting services. On August 3rd, 2023, Harrington would commit to play for the Texas Longhorns and Rodney Terry, citing a bond with the coach and a desire to stay closer to home and following in the footsteps of his favorite player, Kevin Durant. He also considered offers from Ole Miss, Duke, UCLA, Texas Tech and Kansas before choosing the Longhorns.

He would remain committed through National Signing Day and would sign his National Letter of Intent with Texas, becoming the highest rated recruit in program history, tied with Durant himself.