Update, April 23: Justin Kier narrowed his finalists to three schools, according to multiple reports, and Michigan was not among them.

Michigan has already brought in one graduate transfer guard for next season. It could add another.

Justin Kier, a grad transfer from George Mason, has Michigan among his seven finalists, according to multiple reports.

Kier (pronounced KY-er) appeared in just nine games as a senior last season due to a foot injury and was granted a medical redshirt. He is immediately eligible.

The 6-foot-4 guard from Grottoes, Virginia, led George Mason with 14.5 points per game as a junior. He added 6.5 rebounds and 2.6 assists per contest while shooting 37 percent from 3.

ESPN ranks him as the second-best available grad transfer (and 17th-best this offseason). Michigan added Mike Smith, a 5-foot-11 guard from Columbia, on April 10, but still has one scholarship open.

With starting point guard Zavier Simpson graduating and David DeJulius transferring, Michigan might look for reinforcement in the backcourt.

Kier appears interested. In addition to Michigan, he is considering Arkansas, Georgetown, Georgia, Iowa State, Minnesota, and North Carolina State. He'd previously had a list of 10 schools that didn't include Michigan or Iowa State, so his recruitment is obviously a fluid situation.

Kier had a stress fracture in his right foot that cost him the first six games of last season. He appeared in nine of the Patriots’ next 10 games before re-injuring his foot. He underwent surgery and missed the rest of the year as George Mason finished 16-15 overall and 5-13 in the Atlantic 10.

He was averaging 9.6 points at the time and had made 11-of-24 (46 percent) from deep.

"I am absolutely heartbroken for Justin," George Mason head coach Dave Paulsen said at the time of the re-injury. "In my 26 years as a head coach I have never had a better leader or teammate. Justin worked so hard, and so selflessly, this off-season. He was poised to have a monster senior year. … He is an incredible person and I know he'll write a beautiful next chapter in his story."

Paulsen was a graduate assistant coach at Michigan during the 1989-90 season. He recruited -- but never coached -- current Michigan head coach Juwan Howard.

The Wolverines are not completely lacking for guards. In addition to Smith, starter Eli Brooks returns, as do Adrien Nuñez and Cole Bajema, with incoming freshman Zeb Jackson joining the mix as well.

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