South Alabama adds SEC O-line transfer Jordan Davis

South Alabama adds SEC O-line transfer Jordan Davis

South Alabama on Saturday added its second SEC offensive line transfer for the 2023 season.

Jordan Davis, who spent the last two seasons at South Carolina, announced Saturday he was headed to Mobile. He will have three years of eligibility remaining with the Jaguars.

Davis (6-foot-5, 300 pounds) did not see any action with the Gamecocks the last two seasons. He was rated a 3-star prospect out of Creekside High School in Fairburn, Ga., in the 2021 signing class.

Davis is expected to play offensive tackle at South Alabama. He joins center Reed Buys, who committed to the Jaguars in December, as publicly committed incoming Division I transfers for next season.

South Alabama returns both starting tackles for 2023, though left tackle Joshua McCulloch will be a senior next fall. PJ Mixon, who started the Jaguars’ first three games on the left side before being supplanted by McCulloch, exhausted his eligibility in 2022.

Davis told AL.com via Twitter direct message he plans to enroll at South Alabama next week and participate in offseason workouts and spring practice. Spring semester classes begin Monday, and the Jaguars are expected to add a number of other Division I transfers in the coming days.

South Alabama signed 12 players for the 2023 recruiting class on Dec. 21. At least three — high school quarterback Gio Lopez and the junior-college duo of cornerback Reggie Neely and wide receiver Shemar Sandgren — are set to enroll for the spring.

South Alabama 2023 recruiting class

December signees (12)

Cole Blaylock, SAF, 6-0, 190, Mobile/UMS-Wright Prep

Josh Bledsoe, CB, 6-2, 170 LaFayette, Ala./LaFayette HS

Jarvis Durr, RB, 5-11, 193, Brandon, Miss/Brandon HS

Anthony Eager, WR/KR, 6-1, 170, Mobile/McGill-Toolen Catholic

Adrian Griffin, OL, 6-5, 260, Pleasant Grove, Ala./Pleasant Grove HS

Gio Lopez, QB, 6-1, 210, Madison, Ala./James Clemens HS

Reggie Neely, CB, 6-0, 170, Memphis, Tenn./East Mississippi CC

Jordan Norman, DE, 6-3, 230, Hoover, Ala./Hoover HS

Shamar Sandgren, WR, 6-2, 180, Savannah, Ga./Itawamba (Miss.) CC

Trent Thomas, TE, 6-6, 225, Mobile/Cottage Hill Christian

John Michael Ward, OL, 6-5, 280, Century, Fla./Northview HS

Karon Weary, SAF, 6-2, 180, Columbia, Miss./East Marion HS

Division I transfers (2)

Reed Buys, OL, 6-4, 300, Vicksburg, Miss./Mississippi State

Jordan Davis, OL, 6-5, 300, Fairburn, Ga./South Carolina