Trayce Jackson-Davis Confirms This is Final Season at Indiana
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Trayce Jackson-Davis confirmed on Thursday that he's leaving Indiana after the 2022-23 season.
On Oct. 14, 2020, the NCAA’s Division I Council voted to grant all winter sports athletes an extra year of eligibility due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This means Jackson-Davis has a fifth year of eligibility if he wished to play for Indiana during the 2023-24 season, but he won't be using it.
"I am 100 percent committed on that," Jackson-Davis said Thursday.
This doesn't come as a huge surprise, as Jackson-Davis has mentioned the idea of this being his last year of college basketball throughout the season. Following Indiana's 71-68, Jackson-Davis told Stadium's Jeff Goodman that he'll be going through senior night.
Jackson-Davis' younger brother, Tayven Jackson, who recently transferred from Tennessee to Indiana to play quarterback, held out hope of being on campus with his big brother for one season, but Jackson-Davis turned down the idea.
"Tayven, yeah, he's just being a little troll, just trying to be funny on Twitter," Jackson-Davis said. "He kind of knows that I'm leaving. But I'm glad that he's here, and I'll definitely be back to watch him play."
Jackson-Davis is in the home stretch of what's been an All-American caliber senior season. He was named Big Ten Player of the Week for four consecutive weeks, the longest stretch by any player this season. He's averaging career-highs with 20.5 points, 11.1 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 2.9 blocks as he climbs the Indiana all-time leaderboards.
Jackson-Davis set Indiana's all-time blocked shots record on Jan. 25 at Minnesota, and he became the only player in program history to score 2,000 points and grab 1,000 rebounds on Feb. 7 against Rutgers. He tied A.J. Guyton for fourth place on Indiana's all-time scoring list by scoring 19 points on Tuesday at Michigan State, and he has a good chance of finishing in third place by the end of his career.
Jackson-Davis has been grateful to write his name in the Indiana basketball record books, but with three regular season games remaining, he's not done yet.
"I'll say the rest on senior night," Jackson-Davis said. "But just going to take these last few games and take it all in. I'm still trying to play for something."
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