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Newsstand: Michigan transfer target Jamir Watkins returning to Florida State

clayton-sayfieby:Clayton Sayfie•06/08/24•

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Michigan was pursuing Florida State forward transfer Jamir Watkins; he was reportedly scheduled to visit Ann Arbor this week. However, Watkins, who was also considering St. John’s and others, has decided to return to play for the Seminoles, per multiple reports.

The 6-foot-7, 210-pounder spent three seasons at VCU (2020-23), before transferring to Florida State for the 2023-24 campaign. Last season with the Seminoles, Watkins averaged 15.6 points, 6 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game, while shooting 50.2 percent on twos (127-of-253), 34.4 percent on threes (33-of-96) and 79.5 percent at the free throw line (163-of-205). He had the highest usage rate on the team (28.2 percent).

Watkins also led the team with 64 steals, and he ranked second on the squad with 92 assists, one shy of the team’s leader (point guard Jalen Warley, 92).

Watkins produced 0.996 points per possession on ball screens (including passes). He was effective at getting to the rim, converting on 57.5 percent of his 181 opportunities in close, and had a 54.8 effective field goal percentage on catch-and-shoot jumpers, which stood in the 69th percentile nationally.

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Quote Of The Day

“I think it’s more physical — even more physical because of Sherrone Moore. We definitely just play football more, 11-on-11 situations more. It’s really no difference [from an overall program perspective]. I mean, a head coach has to do the head coach job, so just him trying to be a leader to all of us and wanting to know all of us, he’s a pretty good guy.”

— Michigan junior defensive tackle Kenneth Grant on the differences with the program between head coach Jim Harbaugh and new head man Sherrone Moore

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