By Murray McCormick Tue, Feb 9 2010 COMMENTS(0) Rider Rumblings
I just got off the phone with Jon Persch, who is Graham Harrell’s agent.Persch wanted to clarify Harrell’s status and the media reports that the Riders’ quarterback was giving up football to become a coach at Oklahoma State University.
Persch stressed that Harrell hasn’t quit football and has every intention of attending training camp this season. Persch explained that Harrell is serving as a consultant during the offseason with OSU.OSU’s head coach Mike Grundy recently hired Texas Tech’s Dana Holgorsen as the Cowboys offensive co-ordinator.
Holgorson contacted Harrell, who was just hanging out in Texas, about working with OSU’s quarterbacks. Holgorson was the offensive co-ordinator during Harrell’s record-breaking seasons with Red Raiders.“Mike Grundy walked into a meeting this morning and asked Dana what was up with Graham,’’ Persch said. “Mike said they were getting phone calls from the Canadian media about him being a coach with OSU.“All Graham is doing is helping them install the offence.
It’s a brand-new offence with a 180-degree shift from the offence Oklahoma had been running. They just asked him to help and tutor quarterbacks. He’s not a member of the OSU football staff.’’Harrell signed with the Riders in 2009 for two years and an option. He was the team’s fifth quarterback and didn’t see any game action. Persch said that his client wants to play football and wanted to let all know that reports of his client quitting professional football weren’t true.“As far as we are concerned, he’s still member of the Roughriders and he’s planning on coming up there,’’ said Persch.
“He hasn’t quit football or the CFL to become a member of the Oklahoma State coaching staff.’’
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