Reports of UNC basketball senior RJ Davis’ planned return to Chapel Hill for a fifth campaign with the Tar Heels are nothing new. And the fact his name did not appear among the NBA Draft’s early entrants on Tuesday signaled that the reports were likely accurate. But as of early Wednesday morning, the news is official.

At about 3 a.m. ET, Davis posted a video on his Instagram account with the following caption: “I’m back.”

By choosing to spend another year in college, an option stemming from the NCAA not counting the truncated 2020-21 season against anyone’s eligibility, the reigning ACC Player of the Year has a shot to become the preseason frontrunner for the Naismith Trophy and surpass Tyler Hansbrough as the UNC basketball program’s all-time leading scorer.

Davis, who averaged a career-high 21.2 points per game for the 2023-24 Tar Heels, needs only to match the 784 points he posted as a senior to tie Hansbrough (2,872 points from 2005-09) atop the list.