Sean Backman Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1986-04-29 Country: USA

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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
2005-06	Green Bay Gamblers	USHL	57	29	27	56	0.983	0.6039	0.5790	2.8946	2.7753
2017-18	Eisbären Berlin	DEL	52	24	21	45	0.865	0.9464	0.8540	—	—
2018-19	Eisbären Berlin	DEL	49	13	11	24	0.490	0.5356	0.4347	—	—
2019-20	Eisbären Berlin	DEL	13	1	4	5	0.385	0.4206	0.4206	—	—
2020-21	Eisbären Berlin	DEL	0	0	0	0	0.000	—	—	—	—

■ Blue = NCAAe (D1 anchor) ■ Green = D3e (D3 anchor) COVID-flagged seasons highlighted in yellow

College Seasons (Historical)

Season	School	Div	Conference	Year	GP	G	A	Pts	PPG
2009-10	Yale	D1	ECAC	SR	29	21	14	35	1.207
2008-09	Yale	D1	ECAC	JR	32	20	13	33	1.031
2007-08	Yale	D1	ECAC	SO	32	18	9	27	0.844
2006-07	Yale	D1	ECAC	FR	29	18	13	31	1.069

Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year

Projected PPG

0.54

before college

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Actual FR PPG

1.07

2006-07 · Yale

+98.3% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

12%

NCAA D1

NCAA D2/D3

88%

Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#4163

Forward overall

#146

Forward born in 1986

D2/3 Comparables

Joona Juntunen

Saint Mary's (MN) · 2023-24

0.826 Strong

actual D2/3 PPG

Conor Landrigan

Utica · 2016-17

1.038 Elite

actual D2/3 PPG

Geordan Buffoline

New England · 2017-18

1.667 Elite

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.