Johnny Davis is a professional American basketball player who plays for Wisconsin Badgers as the shooting guard. He is a college star basketball player who won a gold medal in the 2021 FIBA Under-19 World Cup in Latvia. Johnny is a recognized Player of the Year in the Big Ten and is currently one of the hot prospects for the upcoming NBA draft in 2022.
Early Life
Johnny Davis was born on 27th February 2002 in La Crosse, a city on the Mississippi River, in western Wisconsin. He was born to his father Mark Davis and mother Sarah Davis. His father was also a professional basketball player and he played for Cleveland Cavaliers in the 1980s. Even his mother was a former volleyball player. Johnny was a talented and multi-sports player in his childhood days but he got inspired by his father and choose to be a basketball player. Johnny completed his high school at La Crosse Central in La Crosse, Wisconsin where he played both football and basketball. After that, he got enrolled at Wisconsin College and studied Anthropology, which was his mother’s favorite subject. He also joined Wisconsin Badgers, a college basketball team.
Family
Johnny is the twin brother of Jordan Davis who is also a basketball player. Johnny is also very close to his brother Jordan, they always had a sense of competition since childhood like – who has better shoes, who has a better outfit, etc. As time passed, the love between them grew even stronger and Johnny says that Jordan is always better at things. They even work out together in their leisure time. He also has a younger brother Maxwell, and a younger sister, Samantha.
Johnny Davis Career
He started playing basketball at La Crosse Central high school in La Crosse, Wisconsin. He has been the winner of the division-2 state title as a freshman. And after that, for the junior session, he won the La Crosse Tribune player of the year. He has been nominated for the McDonald All American game from 2018-to 19. In this junior session, his average was 23 points and 9 rebounds per game. In 2020, He played and won the title of the Wisconsin Mr. Basketball and since then only he has been playing the college basketball for the Wisconsin Badgers team. He played all 31 games for the badgers as a freshman and maintained an average of 7.0 points, 24.4 minutes per game, and 4.1 rebounds as a team lead service.
In 2021, he participated in a team competition at the Latvia FIBA Under-19 World cup and won the gold Medal. He represented the United States. Johnny established himself as one of the best players in college basketball. In 2022 also, he won the title of many awards. He has been in the big ten players of the year, and AP Big Ten player of the year. After that, he has been awarded Jerry west Shooting guard of the year and Lute Olson National Player of the Year.
Johnny Davis Biography |
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| Real Name | Jonathan Christian Davis |
| Birth Date | 27 February 2002 |
| Age (as of 2022) | 20 Years |
| Birth Place | La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States |
| Profession | Basketball Player |
| College | University of Wisconsin |
| Qualification | – |
Physical Statistics |
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| Height | in feet inches – 6’ 5” – in Centimeters – 196 cm |
| Weight | in Kilograms – 88 kg – in Pounds – 194 lbs |
| Hair Color | Black |
| Eye Color | Dark Brown |
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Family |
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| Father | Mark Davis |
| Mother | Sarah Davis |
| Sister | – |
| Brother | Jordan Davis |
Relationship Status |
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| Marital Status | Single |
| Affair | No |
| Who is his girlfriend? | None |
Personal Life
Currently, Johnny Davis is an unmarried boy who is only passionate about his basketball career and has no traces of a relationship with anyone. He is focusing on his career and is single. Johnny is quite a famous personality and has a huge fan following on various social media platforms. A lot of young people admire him, he has a verified account on Instagram i.e. @johnnydavis with 40.1k followers. He is also present on Twitter @johnnydavis with 9.2k followers and he doesn’t use Facebook.
Johnny Davis Net Worth
Johnny Davis has just started off his professional career and has a lot more to achieve in the future. He has a net worth of $1.5 Million which mainly comes from his basketball career paid partnerships.
Trivia
- Davis was a three-star recruit who averaged seven points as a freshman and was not even on a single award watch list before the season.
- Johnny is very close to his mother and he enjoys her company. He even choose Anthropology because it was his mom’s favorite subject and they used to talk about it a lot.
- He won the gold medal in the team competition at the 2021 FIBA under-19 World cup of Latvia.
- Jonathan won the competition of Wisconsin Mr. Basketball- 2020.
- His father was a basketball player as well, who was selected 79th overall in round four of the 1985 NBA draft. He played 13 seasons of professional basketball from 1988-to 89. He has a twin brother who is also a Basketball player in Wisconsin.
