Alabama guard Davion Hannah, who only played 10 games during his freshman season for the Crimson Tide after arriving in Tuscaloosa as a Top 50 overall recruit, announced his intention to transfer a couple of weeks ago.
The promising young guard who drew rave reviews from Nate Oats before the start of this past season appeared to be facing long odds to crack the rotation again in his second year with the additions of Qayden Samuels, Jaxon Richardson, Tarris Bouie, and Cole Cloer on the wing.
Hannah saw the writing on the wall and elected to enter the Transfer Portal just a couple of days before it closed. Thursday night, he announced his destination:
NEWS: Alabama transfer guard Davion Hannah has committed to South Carolina, his agency Seros Partners told @On3. ⁰⁰The 6-5 freshman and former top-50 recruit medically redshirted this season after dealing with an injury. https://t.co/NvwUTn1QWd pic.twitter.com/UEsZd9i6Be
— Joe Tipton (@JoeTipton) May 1, 2026
Davion Hannah picks South Carolina in the Transfer Portal
Hannah will be staying in the SEC to transfer to South Carolina, a place that gives him a much better opportunity of seeing real playing time in his second season of college basketball.
Hannah's highest upside is on the defensive end of the court, where Oats compared him in the preseason to Tide legend Herb Jones. But it was obvious from the limited playing time he did see at Alabama that Hannah has a long way to go to become a productive player on the offensive side.
Hannah averaged 3.3 points per game in the 10 games he played for Alabama. The 36.4% three-point shooting percentage appears promising on the surface, but it was only on 11 attempts. That's not nearly enough data points to project him as a plus-shooter.
Hannah is an elite athlete, however, who can jump out of the gym and likely projects to be an excellent guard rebounder. He can guard multiple positions as both an on-and-off-ball defender, but how big a step he takes on the offensive end of the court will determine how much of a role he can expect in Columbia.
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