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Samuel McGinley Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2002-12-03 Country: Canada
Signed Professionally
Univ. of New Brunswick · USports-M

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
2018-19 Regina Pats WHL 3 0 1 1 0.333 0.1622 0.1831 0.8178 0.9232
2019-20 — WHL 47 3 9 12 0.255 0.1242 0.1242 0.6264 0.6264
2020-21 Swift Current Broncos WHL 22 1 5 6 0.273 0.1327 0.1327 0.6691 0.6691
2021-22 Swift Current Broncos WHL 62 7 14 21 0.339 0.1648 0.1605 0.8311 0.8093
2022-23 Swift Current Broncos WHL 61 9 28 37 0.607 0.2951 0.2736 1.4884 1.3798
2023-24 Univ. of New Brunswick USports-M 11 0 4 4 0.364 0.1918 0.2116 1.0657 1.1760
2024-25 Univ. of New Brunswick USports-M 28 3 14 17 0.607 0.3203 0.3381 1.7794 1.8781
■ 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
2025-26 Ohio State D1 BigTen JR 34 1 5 6 0.176
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.27
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.18
2025-26 · Ohio State
-35.0% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

5%
NCAA D1
0%
NCAA D2/D3
2%
Age-Out / Club
92%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#3636
Defenseman overall
#942
Defenseman born in 2002

D2/3 Comparables

Eric Melso
SUNY Morrisville · 2018-19
0.750 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Jonathan Schultz
St. Norbert · 2001-02
1.125 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Rick Cleaver
Norwich · 2003-04
1.235 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.