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Ryan Diffley Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2005-12-20 Country: USA
Babson
LittleEast D3

Set Commitment

NCAA Division I

NCAA D3 / D2

Career Trajectory
Dashed = raw PPG  ·  ■ Solid blue = age-adjusted NCAAe-PPG  ·  ■ Green = actual college PPG
Junior Seasons
Season Team League GP G A Pts PPG NCAAe-PPG Age-Adj D3e-PPG Age-Adj
2021-22 Deerfield Academy NE-Prep 24 1 0 1 0.042 0.0084 0.0084 0.0191 0.0191
2022-23 Deerfield Academy NE-Prep 26 3 1 4 0.154 0.0309 0.0309 0.0703 0.0703
2023-24 Deerfield Academy NE-Prep 26 1 6 7 0.269 0.0541 0.0541 0.1231 0.1231
2024-25 Deerfield Academy NE-Prep 27 1 11 12 0.444 0.0894 0.0894 0.2032 0.2032
2025-26 — NCDC 48 8 25 33 0.688 0.2803 0.2731 0.5501 0.5360
■ Blue = NCAAe (D1 anchor)   ■ Green = D3e (D3 anchor)   COVID-flagged seasons highlighted in yellow

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

20%
NCAA D1
45%
NCAA D2/D3
28%
Age-Out / Club
8%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#4745
Defenseman overall
#1205
Defenseman born in 2005

D1 Comparables

Matt Van Voorhis
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.47 PPG
→ Denver (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.26 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Nolan Valleau
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.41 PPG
→ Bowling Green
0.22 No data
NCAAe PPG
Barrett Kaib
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.57 PPG
→ Providence (0.19 D1 FR PPG)
0.32 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Brandon Kirk
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.32 PPG
→ Dartmouth
0.17 No data
NCAAe PPG
Taylor Fleming
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.48 PPG
→ Western Michigan (0.17 D1 FR PPG)
0.26 Average D
NCAAe PPG

Babson Alumni similar profiles who attended this school

Patrick Flynn
0.56
actual FR PPG at Babson
Brendan Kennedy
0.70
actual FR PPG at Babson
Ryan Murphy
0.79
actual FR PPG at Babson
Nick Rosa
0.69
actual FR PPG at Babson

D2/3 Comparables

Billy Dougherty
Salem State · 2022-23
0.000 No data
actual D2/3 PPG
William Pelletier
Norwich · 2012-13
0.700 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Aidan LaValley
Buffalo State · 2021-22
0.591 Average
actual D2/3 PPG

How to read this: NCAAe and D3e factors convert a player's junior PPG into expected NCAA scoring at the D1 or D3 level. Harder conferences → lower projected PPG for the same player. A strong junior player (e.g. USHL 0.90 PPG) will project much higher in NESCAC than Big Ten because the D3 scoring environment is lower-difficulty.

Strength factor: conferences above 1.0 are harder than average; below 1.0 are easier. The formula is: Base NCAAe PPG ÷ Conference Strength = Projected PPG.