Justin Kier


Justin Kier is an American college basketball player for the Georgia Bulldogs of the Southeastern Conference. He previously played for the George Mason Patriots.

High school career

Kier attended Spotswood High School. In his career, he scored 1700 points for Spotswood and earned Valley District Player of the Year honors. He committed to George Mason over scholarship offers from Coastal Carolina, UNC Greensboro, Radford and Fairfield.

College career

Kier made an immediate impact at George Mason as a freshman, averaging 5.8 points and 4.5 rebounds per game. He averaged 11.0 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game as a sophomore. On December 3, 2018, he scored a career-high 32 points in a 72-67 loss to Vermont. As a junior, Kier averaged 14.5 points and 6.5 rebounds per game while shooting 47.1 percent from the field. He was named to the Second Team All-Atlantic 10 as well as the Atlantic 10 Most Improved Player. He suffered a stress fracture in the offseason that caused him to miss the first six games of his senior season. Kier missed a game with an unrelated injury in December 2019. On January 15, 2020, he reinjured his stress fracture which caused him to miss the remainder of the season. In nine games, he averaged 9.6 points and 3.6 rebounds per game.
On April 8, 2020, Kier decided to enter the transfer portal after being granted a fifth season of eligibility. He announced he was transferring to Georgia on April 26 and will be eligible immediately as a graduate transfer. Kier chose the Bulldogs over offers from Minnesota and NC State.

Personal life

At the age of seven, Kier's mother Keley suffered a heart attack while driving a car, crashed into a tree and is now paralyzed, blind and cannot speak. Kier was in the automobile with her but was not injured, escaping through a window. As a consequence of the accident and with his father not in his life, Kier and his older brother, Rasheed, came into the custody of their grandmother, Evelyn, and grandfather, David.