Georgia Tech had a visitor of note at Saturday’s game against Wake Forest – Jordan Usher, a guard who is transferring from USC in the middle of his sophomore year. Usher is a 2017 graduate of Wheeler High whom Tech offered coming out of high school.
Usher as a transfer candidate to Tech makes sense, even beyond his attendance at the game. He’s from the Atlanta area and was recruited by coach Josh Pastner. Tech has a scholarship available and Pastner has previously mentioned the possibility of receiving a player through transfer at the semester break. He would also fit Pastner’s “get old and stay old” plan.
Usher, a 6-foot-7 guard/forward, announced his intention to transfer on New Year’s Eve. That followed his indefinite suspension by the USC coaching staff for “conduct issues.”
Reached Saturday evening, Atlanta Celtics president Karl McCray, whose AAU team Usher played for in high school, did not know about Usher’s transfer plans nor the nature of his suspension, but did speak to his character.
“He wasn’t only a good kid, he was a great kid,” McCray said. “Never had a problem with him whatsoever. Always was consistent to do the right thing. Total team player, just a great kid.”
This season, Usher averaged 24 minutes in 12 games, scoring 8.6 points with 3.7 rebounds per game. As a freshman, he played in all 36 games and averaged 4.8 points and 2.0 rebounds. He was rated a four-star prospect coming out of high school (247 Sports composite), rated the No. 104 prospect nationally and No. 12 in the state of Georgia.
Were he to transfer to Tech, it would have to happen fairly quickly, as Tech’s spring semester begins Monday. He would be eligible to play after the 2019 fall semester, giving him a season and a half to play.
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