Johnell Davis withdraws from NBA Draft, will play for Arkansas next season
Arkansas basketball’s top transfer signee is withdrawing from the the NBA Draft and will play for the Hogs next season.
247Sports reports that the 204-pound, 6-4 guard has the highest rating on the transfer portal. This past season, he averaged career-highs of 18.2 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 2.9 assists per game. Davis made 48.3% of his field goals and 41.4% of his three-pointers. Davis is a seasoned guard with more over 120 games played, and he significantly contributed to Florida Atlantic’s 2023 Final Four appearance.
Here’s what 247Sports Director of Scouting Adam Finkelstein had to say about Davis and the type of player Arkansas is getting:
“Davis became an overnight sensation in the 2023 NCAA tournament when Florida Atlantic made their Cinderella run to the Final Four.
This year, he took his game to entirely new levels. His scoring went from 13.8 points a night to 18.2 points per game. Once considered more of an athletic wing, Davis’ guard skills have now made noticeable strides, as well. While he’s still capable of attacking the rim, both in the open floor as well as slashing in the half-court, his 3-point shooting went from 35.7% on 1.2 makes per game in 2022-23 to 43.4% on 1.8 makes per game this year. He even started to show some ability to make plays off off ball-screens and saw his assist numbers almost double from 1.6 to 3.0.
Simultaneously, Davis has furthered solidified himself as one of the best perimeter rebounders in the country at 6.3/game, in large part because he plays much bigger than his 6-foot-4 frame. That also enables him to be more switchable on the defensive end than other players his size, with his combination of length and strength. He has a high steal rate and has proven he can be a playmaker on that end of the floor.”
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