Boston College announced on Monday that Chris Herren Jr., son of much-celebrated local legend Chris Herren, has reclassified to the Class of 2018 and will join the men's basketball team for the 2018-19 season.
Chris Jr. will become the third Herren to play for the Eagles in the fall, joining his father and his uncle, Mike. Chris Jr. played these last two seasons at Tabor Academy, in Marion, Mass., after transferring in from Portsmouth (R.I.) High and repeating his sophomore season. He earned NEPSAC All-Class A honors this past season after averaging 23 points per game and shooting 42 percent from three-point range. He has signed a financial aid agreement and reclassified to the Class of 2018, according to BC.
"We are excited to add Chris to our program," BC head coach Jim Christian said in a statement. "He is a dynamic scorer who possesses a high basketball IQ. His ability to shoot from long-range and his playmaking ability will fit our playing style well."
The elder Herren is one of the most celebrated high school basketball players in Massachusetts state history, earning McDonald's All-American honors as a senior at Fall River's B.M.C. Durfee High after scoring over 2,000 points for his career. He was one of the nation's most heavily-recruited guards, and his senior season was documented in the book "Fall River Dreams". He stayed close to home at BC, but transferred to Fresno State after some off-court troubles in his freshman season.
Herren appeared in 35 games with the Boston Celtics in 2000-01, before some well-documented personal struggles led to the derailment of his career. The depths of his struggles, and subsequent recovery to become one of the nation's most revered anti-drug motivational speakers, were documented in a gripping memoir and a "30 for 30" special on ESPN. In 2011 he founded The Herren Project, which seeks to provide assistance in substance abuse recovery.
