Florida State University Athletics
2024-25 Men's Basketball Roster
Roster
Justin Thomas
- Year:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-7
- Hometown:
- Baton Rouge, La.
- Weight:
- 184
- High School:
- Village Christian Academy
- Other College:
- Texas San Antonio
JUSTIN THOMAS'S CAREER HIGHS
PTS: 19 vs. Southeast Missouri (11-28-22)
REBS: 13 vs. Southeast Missouri (11-28-22)
BLKS: 3 at Wright State (1-26-23)
STLS: 4 vs UC Davis (11-26-22), vs. Hofstra (11-19-24)
ASTS: 8 vs. Wright State (1-14-23)
WHY I WEAR MY NUMBER
I wear No. 25 at Florida State because of an ESPN 30 of 30 story I saw on a player named Benji Wilson. The show is about a young, tall, skinny kid who reminds me of myself who worked his way up and proved himself in basketball. As he rose to the top, he sadly lost his life due to gun violence. Soon after I watched the show, a person stepped into my life as a father-figure role who is from the same place, Chicago, as Benji Wilson. It felt like a sign. And, if you add a 2 in the front it becomes 225 which is the area code for my hometown Baton Rouge.
Justin Thomas is the 20th player in school history to wear uniform No. 25. Hugh Durham, a Florida State Hall of Famer as both a player and a coach, also wore the No. 25 during his career. As a player from 1956-59, Durham scored 1,281 points and averaged 18.9 points a game. As a coach, he led three teams to the NCAA Tournament, including the Seminoles’ 1971-72 squad that advanced to the national title game against John Wooden and the UCLA Bruins.
WHAT'S IN A NAME
Justin Thomas – My full name is Justin Clark Thomas. The name Justin is a name my mom liked. My mother chose the name Justin because she preferred I not be named after my father – Ben Thomas III – only because she didn’t want me to be Ben Thomas IV. My middle name – Clark -- honors my late grandmother whose maiden name was Clark. Clark is also the name of one of my uncles – Uncle Warren Clark Brown -- who passed away the same year I was born. A fun fact is that if I had been born a girl, my name would have been Summer after the song Summer Rain by Carl Thomas (no relation).
MY HOMETOWN
My hometown of Baton Rouge, Louisiana is one of the greatest cities in the world. Our food is world-class and people in the community are incredible. Once the community shows love, they show love forever.
ON THOMAS
Averaged 4.8 points and 2.3 rebounds as he played in all 32 games for the Seminoles in his one season at Florida State (2024-25) under head coach Leonard Hamilton and his staff…one of two Seminole players who played in all 32 games along with second-round NBA draft pick Jamir Watkins…earned five starting assignments – against Tulane in the Orange Bowl Classic (Dec. 14, 2025) and in four ACC games – at Cal (Jan. 22), at Stanford (Jan. 25), against Notre Dame (Feb. 4), and against Syracuse in the ACC Tournament (March 11)…entered the NCAA Transfer Portal for the second time in his career on March 25, 2025 and announced he would transfer to Bowling Green State University on May 6, 2025…came to Florida State after a non-playing season at the University of Texas at San Antonio (2023-24)…began his collegiate career at Division II Queens College in North Carolina (2020-21), transferred to play at Navarro Junior College in Texas (2021-22) for one season, then transferred to the University of Milwaukee-Wisconsin of the Horizon League (2022-23), for one season, then transferred to Texas San Antonio (2023-24) for one season…entered his name into the NCAA Transfer Portal on April 17, 2024 and committed to Hamilton and his staff on May 12, 2024…curing his one season at Wisconsin-Milwaukee, he helped the Panthers to their best record in seven years (21-12) and to a quarterfinal appearance in the College Basketball Invitational (CBI).
AT FLORIDA STATE (2025)
Averaged 4.8 points (seventh on the team), 2.3 rebounds (tied for fourth), 1.7 assists (fourth) and 1.0 steals (fourth) in 32 games during his only season as a Seminole…scored in double figures in three games – against Florida (11 points), UMass (10 points), and vs. Tulane (10 points)…scored 5 points, with 3 rebounds, 3 assists, and 1 steal in 20 minutes of playing time in Florida State's 74-62 win over Northern Kentucky at the Donald L. Tucker Center in his Seminole debut (Nov. 4)...scored 8 points with 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, and 1 blocked shot in Florida State's 73-65 win over Rice at the Toyota Center in Houston (Nov. 9)...totaled 8 points with 3 assists, 2 steals, and 1 rebound in Florida State's 72-52 win over Tarleton State at the Donald L. Tucker Center (Nov. 12)...scored his Florida State high of 11 points with 1 rebound in 19 minutes of playing time against Florida at the Donald L. Tucker Center (Nov. 15)...scored 3 points with 4 steals, 3 rebounds, and 3 assists in helping Florida State to a 79-61 win over Hofstra in Tallahassee (Nov. 19)...totaled 5 points with 2 assists, and 2 steals in Florida State's win over Temple in the Basketball Hall of Fame Tip Off (Nov. 22)...totaled 10 points on a perfect 3 of 3 shooting from the field (2 of 2 from the 3-point arc) with 1 assist in the Seminoles' 72-59 win over UMass in their final game of the 2024 Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off (Nov. 24)...totaled 8 points with 3 rebounds, and 3 assists in 19 minutes of playing time in Florida State's 91-57 win over Western Carolina (Nov. 26)...scored 9 points, with 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 blocked shot, and 1 steal in Florida State's game at LSU In the ACC/SEC Challenge (Dec 3)...totaled 10 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 blocked shot and 1 steal as a starter in 35 minutes in Florida State's 77-64 win over Tulane in the Orange Bowl Classic (Dec, 14)...totaled 7 points, with 3 assists, and 2 rebounds in Florida State's 82-64 victory over Winthrop at the Donald L. Tucker Center in Tallahassee (Dec. 17)...totaled 3 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist, and 1 steal in Florida State's 90-74 win over Syracuse at the Donald L. Tucker Center (Jan. 4)...totaled 6 points, with 4 assists, 3 steals, and 1 blocked shot in Florida State's 80-65 win over Miami at the Watsco Center in Coral Gables (Jan. 8)...scored 5 points with 2 steals, and 2 rebounds in Florida State's 82-70 win over Pittsburgh in Tallahassee in ACC play (Jan. 15)...totaled an all-around game of 8 rebounds, a team-high 5 assists and a team-high 3 steals in Florida State's 91-78 win over Georgia Tech in the Donald L. Tucker Center in Tallahassee (Jan. 18)...totaled 3 rebounds, 2 blocked shots and 1 assist as a starter against Cal on the road in ACC play (Jan. 22)...totaled 8 points -- including the game-clinching dunk on an assist from Chandler Jackson -- in Florida State's 72-70 win over Wake Forest on the road in ACC play (Feb. 12)...scored 6 points with 4 rebounds and 3 steals in Florida State's 76-69 win over SMU in the Donald L. Tucker Center in Tallahassee (March 8)...totaled 6 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, and 1 steal as a starter in his first career ACC Tournament game against Syracuse at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte (March 11).
AT TEXAS SAN ANTONIO (2024)
A member of the team the University of Texas at San Antonio but did not play in any games.
AT WISCONSIN MILWUKEE (2023)
Averaged a career-high 7.3 points (sixth on the team) a career-high 4.4 rebounds (tied for fourth), and a career-high 3.0 assists (first) in 33 games played...shot .432 percent (82-of-190) from the field overall, .429 percent (24-of-56) from the 3-point line, and .684 percent (52-of-76) from the free throw line…a starter in 14 games…during his one season at Wisconsin-Milwaukee, he helped the Panthers to their best record in seven years (21-12) and to a quarterfinal appearance in the College Basketball Invitational (CBI)…scored in double-figures on 9 occasions...finished ninth in the Horizon League in assist/turnover ratio (1.4)...finished 14th in the league and led the team with 98 total assists…ranked 24th in the Horizon League 2 in rebounding...a starter in the season opener against the Milwaukee School of Engineering and totaled 7 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals in 23 minutes of action...led the Panthers with 8 rebounds at Iowa State (Nov. 20)…an outstanding effort St. Thomas as he finished in double-figures for the first time with 14 points...went 3-3 from 3-point range and added 4 rebounds, 2 assists, and 2 blocks against St. Thomas (Nov. 23)...hit the game-winning 3-point shot as time expired against UC Davis -- a play which earned the No. 3 spot on ESPN's SportsCenter...finished with 7 pointes and a season-high four steals against UC Davis (Nov. 26)...put together an outstanding effort against Southeast Missouri State as he set season-highs with 19 points, a career-high 13 rebounds, 9 free throws made, and 31 minutes played...his first career-double-double and the first by a Panther player during the 2022-23 season…added 4 assists and 3 steals (Nov 29)... stuffed the stat sheet with 11 points and career-best 6 assists against IUPUI…added 2 rebounds and 3 steals (Dec. 3)...didn’t miss in the win at Detroit Mercy, as he finished with 11 points (all in the second half) on 3-3 shooting from the floor and 4-4 from the line (Dec. 31)...came up big against Cleveland State starting with an assist on the game-tying three-pointer with 1.3 seconds left in regulation off an offensive rebound...finished with 9 points, 4 rebounds, and 3 assists, scoring 6 of his points in overtime (Jan. 5)...contributed 8 points, 6 rebounds, and a career-best 8 assists in the victory over Northern Kentucky (Jan. 12)...scored 17 points (on a perfect six of six made free throws) in 20 minutes of playing time at Wright State as he scored all of his points in the second half...added 4 assists, 3 boards, and a career-high 3 blocks against the Raiders (Jan. 26)...recorded 5 points with 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, and 1 block at IUPUI (Feb. 2)…impressive outing in the comeback against Oakland as he finished with 13 points, a team-high 9 rebounds, and 6 assists while playing a career-high 42 minutes (Jan. 26)...a great effort of 14 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, and 3 steals in the win over Purdue Fort Wayne including back-to-back steal/dunks during the Panthers’ comeback effort (Feb. 26)..totaled 9 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, and 3 steals in the win over Cleveland State (Feb. 25)..totaled 9 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 assists in the CBI quarterfinals against Charlotte (March 20).
AT NAVARRO COLLEGE (2022)
Averaged 12.6 points and 5.1 rebounds per game while shooting 44 percent from the field, and .728 from the free throw line during the 2021-22 season…earned a spot in the starting lineup by season's end...scored in double-figures in 20 games, highlighted by performances of 28 points against Tyler as well as a 26 point outing in a win over Bossier Parish in February.
AT QUEENS COLLEGE (2021)
Averaged 8.7 points and 1.5 rebounds in six games played at Division II Queens College during the 2020-21 season…scored in double figures three times with 16 points coming in his college debut against George Mason (Nov. 26), 14 points at Coker (Jan. 4) and 11 points against Howard (Nov. 27)…scored his season-high of 16 points in his first career game against George Mason…made his season-high of 6 field goals on his season-high of 8 field goal attempts in his season of 26 minutes played against George Mason (Nov. 26)…was a perfect 2 of 2 from the 3-point line and scored 14 points at Coker College (Jan. 4)…his season-high of three rebounds came in two games against Howard and at Coker…totaled 3 steals each in his first two games against George Mason and against Howard and totaled 8 steals in his six games played…shot .700 percent from the floor (21 of 30) and was a near-perfect 6 of 7 from the free throw line (.857)…was a perfect 8 of 8 from the field in his last two games and made 10 of his last 11 shots (.909) to close out his season against Wingate, Lenoor-Rhyne (Jan. 2) and at Coker…made his first 6 free throw attempts as he was a perfect 3 of 3 against George Mason, 1 of 1 against Howard and a perfect 2 of 2 against Wingate (Dec. 5).
AT VILLAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
Started his prep career in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, before finishing his high school tenure at Village Christian Academy in Fayetteville, N.C…helped lead the Knights to back-to-back appearances in the NCISAA 3-A state championship…the second-leading scorer on his team as a senior, he received offers from Georgia Tech and East Carolina at that time as well as from Texas A&M before choosing to sign with the Panthers…played AAU basketball for Y.G.L.A (5 years) and Garner Road (1 year).
PERSONAL
Born: June 4, 2001…Justin is the son of Ronetta Thomas…has three brothers, Quinton, Joshua, and Julian…bother, Quinton, played four seasons of Division I basketball at Nicholls State (2014-15 and 2015-16) and at Southeastern Louisiana (2017-18 and 2018-19)…originally chose to play at Queens College out of high school after considering offers from Georgia Tech, East Carolina, Georgia Mason, and St. Bonaventure.
