Per Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports, Florida State Seminoles basketball guard Anthony Polite will forgo his final year of eligibility in Tallahassee and enter the NBA Draft.
Polite, a redshirt senior who had an extra year of eligibility due to the pandemic, averaged 9.9 points a game for FSU in a season shortened by injuries to his wrist and an extended team layoff due to COVID.
His bio, via FSU Sports Info, is below:
Earned his bachelor’s degree in Finance from Florida State University on April 24, 2021…one of the top returning players in the ACC whose play on college basketball’s biggest stage during the 2021 NCAA Tournament merits strong consideration for him as one of the nation’s top players for the 2021-22 season…his play throughout his career allows him to be considered as a top candidate for All-ACC honors and for All-ACC Defensive Team honors as one of the most experienced players in the ACC…his play throughout his career – and specifically in the last two seasons – has pushed him to the top of the ACC mountain of outstanding players…was at his best on the nation’s grandest stage in the NCAA Tournament in Florida State’s victory over Colorado in the second round of the tournament…totaled 22 points, five rebounds, four assists and four steals in one of the greatest NCAA Tournament performances in school history to lead the Seminoles over the Buffaloes by a 71-53 margin…was eight of 12 from the field (including four of seven from the 3-point arc) in strong-arming the Seminoles to the victory…totaled 14 of his 22 points in the second half as Florida State outscored Colorado by a 47-33 margin in the final 20 minutes…enters his senior season with 79 made 3-point field goals and needs only 21 3-point shots made to become just the 24th player in school history to make 100 or more 3-point shots…he averages 26.