Craig Smith Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1989-09-05 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
2006-07	Waterloo Black Hawks	USHL	45	8	10	18	0.400	0.2459	0.2644	1.1785	1.2670
2007-08	Waterloo Black Hawks	USHL	58	13	10	23	0.397	0.2438	0.2496	1.1685	1.1963
2008-09	Waterloo Black Hawks	USHL	54	28	48	76	1.407	0.8651	0.8470	4.1465	4.0598
2012-13	KalPa	Liiga	8	4	4	8	1.000	2.5000	2.9341	—	—

■ 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
2010-11	Wisconsin	D1	WCHA-orig	SO	41	19	24	43	1.049
2009-10	Wisconsin	D1	—	FR	41	8	25	33	0.805

Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year

Projected PPG

0.57

before college

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Actual FR PPG

0.80

2009-10 · Wisconsin

+42.2% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#4965

Forward overall

#187

Forward born in 1989

D2/3 Comparables

Arkhip Ledenkov

St. Scholastica · 2018-19

1.636 Elite

actual D2/3 PPG

Neil Trimm

Neumann · 2003-04

1.800 Elite

actual D2/3 PPG

Filimon Ledenkov

St. Scholastica · 2018-19

1.636 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.