Georgia State head coach Ron Hunter announced the signing of Murray State graduate transfer and former Wheeler high school star Justin Seymour on July 8. Seymour, who is a 6-foot-3 guard, will have one season of eligibility remaining with the Panthers for the upcoming 2016-17 season.
While he played his first season at Utah, he decided to redshirt the following year and would eventually play the last three seasons for the Racers. As a junior this past season, the Atlanta native averaged 6.8 points and 3.0 rebounds per game in just under 24 minutes per contest. In early December, he managed to score a career-high 17 points against Evansville.
Hunter seems very ecstatic about the opportunity to coach Seymour for his last year.
“We are excited that Justin decided to play his final season with Georgia State,” Hunter said. “We actually recruited him out of Wheeler High School several years ago. He was a talented high school player and only got better in college. We think he will make an excellent addition to our program.”
As a freshman at Utah, Seymour played in 25 games and made two starts, averaging 11.6 minutes per game.
Seymour will definitely have a fair shot at competing for the starting point guard role, but it will certainly be a challenge, as Georgia State is loaded at the point guard position. Isaiah Dennis, Isaiah Williams, D’Marcus Simonds, and Jeremiah Davis are just some of the Panthers that will be competing for minutes this upcoming year as point guards.
“Our goal every year is to build as much depth at each position as possible,” Hunter said. “Depth makes players work harder to improve knowing that any day they could be sitting on the bench rather than playing. I think our guys will work well together to make us a great program this year to win a conference title and even more.”
In high school, Seymour was an honorable mention in Class AAAAA as a senior, a year after he earned All-Cobb County First Team honors as a junior while at Campbell High School.
