Alabama Guard Jahvon Quinerly to Return for 2022-23 Season

He is again. 

After many anticipated he could depart for skilled choices, Alabama level guard Jahvon Quinerly introduced on Twitter that he’ll return to the Crimson Tide for subsequent season.

Quinerly was considered one of Alabama’s greatest offensive gamers final season, averaging 13.8 factors per sport and 4.2 assists per sport, whereas beginning in 27 of 33 video games. 

Many thought Quinerly could be departing from Tuscaloosa after taking part in senior day festivities and tearing his ACL within the NCAA Event first spherical in opposition to Notre Dame. His Instagram caption after the sport referenced the sport as his “final school sport,” however the caption was since modified, with that phrase eliminated.

Beneath is the up to date caption. 

Quinerly will spend a lot of the offseason recovering and rehabbing from his torn ACL, and can seemingly take issues sluggish getting into subsequent season and should not even be prepared till SEC play in January.

Throughout his restoration, Alabama’s guards will stay in good arms with current commit Mark Sears, the previous Ohio level guard who got here from the switch portal. Sears averaged 20 factors per sport at Ohio in 2021-22, and is predicted to steer Alabama’s backcourt together with 5-star freshman Jaden Bradley. 

The Hackensack, N.J. native was a 5-star prospect and dedicated to Alabama and head coach Nate Oats after transferring from Villanova following his freshman season in 2018-19. He sat out his first yr with the Crimson Tide in 2019-20 after the NCAA denied his eligibility waiver.

In the course of the 2020-21 season, Quinerly thrived in a sixth man function and was awarded Most Excellent Participant of the 2021 SEC Event. 

When Quinerly was locked on this season, he made Alabama one of many hardest groups to beat in all of school basketball. He had at the very least 17 factors in wins over No. 3 Gonzaga, No. 14 Houston, No. 14 Tennessee, and No. 4 Baylor. 

Gallery: Jahvon Quinerly at Alabama