Woj: Johnell Davis to Play for John Calipari, Arkansas After NBA Draft Withdrawal

Johnell Davis will officially be suiting up for John Calipari and the Arkansas Razorbacks next season.

Per ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, Davis has withdrawn his name from the 2024 NBA draft and will play his final season at Arkansas.

Davis previously committed to the Razorbacks in the transfer portal on May 1.

Davis announced on April 2 he was entering the transfer portal and declared for the NBA draft.

There wasn't much hype around Davis as a draft prospect. He wasn't among the top 50 players in the 2024 class in B/R draft analyst Jonathan Wasserman's most recent big board.

Calipari, who was hired by Arkansas on April 10 after a surprise departure from Kentucky, has wasted no time in adding new talent to the roster.

Per 247Sports.com, Arkansas currently has the top-ranked transfer class in the country with five incoming players all rated as 4-star prospects. It also has the No. 6 incoming freshman class.

Davis is coming off his best season at Florida Atlantic. The 6'4" guard was named AAC co-Player of the Year after averaging 18.2 points on 41.4 percent three-point shooting and 6.3 rebounds per game in 34 starts.

The Owls made the NCAA tournament in each of the past two seasons, including a Cinderella run to the Final Four as a No. 9 seed in 2022-23.

Arkansas missed the NCAA tournament last season with a 16-17 record. The Razorbacks had won at least 20 games in each of the previous four seasons, with three straight tournament appearances from 2021 to '23.