The Florida State Seminoles and head coach Leonard Hamilton are working hard this offseason to get past a poor 2022-2023 season that saw the program go 9-23 overall.
On Saturday, the Seminoles added a big piece to their roster in Georgetown transfer guard Primo Spears.
Spears come to Tallahassee as one of the transfer portal’s top available scorers. This past season for Georgetown, he averaged 16.0 points on 40.0% shooting from the field, he also averaged 3.0 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game. Notably, it will be the third program that the Hartford, Connecticut native will be a part of as he was previously at Duquesne for the 2021-2022 season. As a freshman for the Dukes, he averaged 12.7 points per game.
While the NCAA usually only allows one free transfer in a player’s NCAA career, the coaching change at Georgetown which saw the departure of Patrick Ewing and the arrival of Ed Cooley, allowed Primo to enter the portal again and have immediate eligibility.
While Spears isn’t an efficient scorer, with his 40.8% shooting percentage which includes just 30% from deep, he did show improvement this past season while with Georgetown.
His overall shooting percentage increased from 36.7% to the aforementioned 40.8% including seeing his field goal percentage from within the perimeter rise from 39.1% to 43.4%. Spears’ effective field goal percentage and true shooting percentages also saw quality ticks up from 40.6% to 43.7% and 44.8% to 48.0% respectively. Notably, he is a quality free throw shooter, with a 77.2% conversion rate at the charity stripe.
With the Seminoles, Spears will join Devin Green in the backcourt. Green was the Seminoles’ No. 2 scorer this past season only behind guard Matthew Cleveland who has entered the transfer portal and is likely soon going to make a decision of his own. They also saw the departure of guard Caleb Mills, who is now at Memphis.
Spears will have two years of eligibility remaining.