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Davison Wins Alabama’s Mr. Basketball for Second Straight Year

Davison joins former Tide star John Petty as two-time winners of the coveted Alabama’s Mr. Basketball award.

The state of Alabama’s top overall prospect for the 2021 class and Crimson Tide basketball signee JD Davison earns another honor before making his way to Tuscaloosa.

On Sunday, the Alabama Sports Writers Association named Davison, a 6-foot-3 guard from Calhoun High School in Letohatchee, AL, “Mr. Basketball” for an amazing season that saw him average 32.4 points and 10.9 rebounds a game during the 2020-21 season.

Not that there was ever a doubt that Davison would win the award, but his final two games really stands out as to how special of a player he is. In the semi-finals of the AHSAA Class 2A playoffs, Davison scored 45 points and pulled down 13 rebounds in a loss to eventual state champions, Midfield. He also had a big game in the annual Alabama-Mississippi All Star game, scoring 35 points and picking up 11 rebounds and eight assists.

Davison is the third player from Alabama to win the honor twice in recent memory. Former Tide star John Petty won the award twice in 2016 and 2017. Most recently, LSU’s Trendon Watford won the award in 2017 and 2018 during his time at Mountain Brook High School playing for Bucky McMillan. Davison is the fifth player overall to win the award in consecutive years.

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Watch: Notre Dame Linebacker Commit Nolan Ziegler Makes Plays

Among the remaining participants in this Michigan high school football playoffs entering Saturday was Catholic Central.

Among the remaining participants in the Michigan high school football playoffs entering Saturday was Catholic Central. That team has Notre Dame linebacker commit Nolan Ziegler. During Saturday’s game against Davison, Ziegler showed why he’s heading to the next level:

Ziegler, a native of Grand Rapids, Michigan, committed to the Irish in August. He was recruited by Clark Lea and Jeff Quinn while also fielding offers from such schools as Iowa, Nebraska, Michigan, Virginia Tech and Boston College. He has another year of high school, and new Irish defensive coordinator Marcus Freeman will have had a year under his belt by the time Ziegler arrives in South Bend, so there will be some stability with the defensive scheme at that point. In the meantime, he can continue to develop into a more complete player.