Javian Davis

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*Extra Year of Eligibility Granted due to the NCAA’s COVID-19 Policies

Second-Year Redshirt Junior Season at UAB (2022-23)*

Averaged 6.1 points and 4.0 rebounds per game
Appeared in 38 games while averaging 15.4 minutes per contest.
Shot .556 from the field, ranking second on the roster.
Reached double figures in scoring eight times, including a pair of double-doubles vs. Toledo and Southern.
Scored a career-high 19 points and grabbed nine rebounds at West Virginia (12/10/22)
Posted 15 points and four rebounds at Florida Atlantic (1/5/23)
Added 11 points and five rebounds in the Blazers’ C-USA Tournament win over North Texas (3/10/23).

Redshirt Junior Season at Mississippi State (2021-22)

Averaged 3.5 points, 2.3 rebounds, 0.4 assists and 0.3 steals per game
Made 32 appearances with one start against Vanderbilt (2/26/22) in SEC play
Was 45.5% (35-of-77) from the field and .636 (42-of-66) from the free-throw line
Recorded two double-digit scoring efforts and three rebounding efforts with five boards or more
Scored a season-high 13 points to go along with three rebounds against Colorado State (12/11/21), converting a season-high seven free throws on just eight attempts
Logged 12 points, six rebounds, two steals and an assist in just 18 minutes against Georgia (1/12/22)
Recorded a season-high eight rebounds to go along with six points against Arkansas (12/29/21)
Played a season-high 28 minutes at No. 12 Kentucky (1/25/22), finishing with six points, three rebounds and an assist

Redshirt Sophomore Season at Mississippi State (2020-21)

Notched 2.6 points, 3.3 rebounds and 0.5 assists per game
Made 29 appearances with one start versus Richmond (3/25/21) during NIT Quarterfinals
Was 41.8 percent (28-of-67) from the floor and 39.5 percent (17-of-43) at the foul line
Came away with one game in double figures and recorded six outings of five-plus points
Secured five-plus rebounds in nine games
Collected seven points and a season-high eight rebounds against Texas State (11/30/20)
Fired in season’s best 11 points and added five rebounds versus Jackson State (12/8/20)
Provided SEC season-highs with five points, seven rebounds and two assists versus Kentucky (1/2/21) in SEC opener
Tallied seven points and four rebounds against Louisiana Tech (3/27/11) in NIT Semifinals

Redshirt Freshman Season at Alabama (2019-20)

Posted 6.0 points and 3.8 rebounds per game over his 31 appearances as a redshirt freshman at Alabama during the 2019-20 season
Connected on 59.4 percent (60-of-101) of his field goal attempts and 61.5 percent (64-of-104) at the free throw line
Alabama won seven of nine games when Davis provided double figures
Ripped off season-highs with 20 points and 10 rebounds versus South Carolina (2/29/20)
Logged 11 points and three blocks against Arkansas (2/1/20)
Tallied 13 points and eight rebounds versus Georgia (2/8/20)
Added 10 points and four rebounds at Ole Miss (2/22/20)
Earned nine of his 14 starts during non-conference action
His top non-conference performances were a 19-point, 9-rebound effort versus Florida Atlantic (11/11/19) along with 12 points and six rebounds against Belmont (12/21/19)
Redshirted the 2018-19 season where he transformed his body dropping over 40 pounds
Named to the 2019-20 SEC Academic Honor Roll and 2018-19 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll as a member of the Crimson Tide
Chose Mississippi State over Georgetown, Wake Forest and Xavier among others when transferring from Alabama

High School

Prepped under Russell Evans at Canton High School in Canton, Mississippi
Secured 17.0 points, 12.0 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game as a senior
Collected an All-State First-Team selection by USA Today and an All-State Second-Team nod by the Jackson-Clarion Ledger
Team registered a 29-4 record and a 5A state semifinals appearance in 2017-18
Tabbed to the Clarion Ledger’s “Dandy Dozen” list heading into the 2017-18 season
Averaged 16.2 points, 10.0 rebounds and 2.7 blocks per game during his junior season
Played in the 2017 Mississippi North/South All-Star Game where he captured Most Valuable Defensive Player with 18 points, 14 rebounds and three blocks
Rated the state of Mississippi’s No. 3 prospect by 247 Sports behind Robert Woodard II and D.J. Stewart Jr. for the Class of 2018
Played the AAU circuit for Team Thad based out of Memphis, Tennessee
Selected to attend the NBPA top 100 camp in Summer 2017.