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Niall Crocker Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2004-07-31 Country: Canada
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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
2020-21 Prince Albert Raiders WHL 23 0 4 4 0.174 0.0846 0.0846 0.4248 0.4248
2021-22 Prince Albert Raiders WHL 64 3 3 6 0.094 0.0456 0.0482 0.2291 0.2421
2022-23 Prince Albert Raiders WHL 66 17 14 31 0.470 0.2285 0.2308 1.1473 1.1588
2023-24 Prince Albert Raiders WHL 68 23 34 57 0.838 0.4078 0.3918 2.0475 1.9671
2024-25 Prince Albert Raiders WHL 67 27 38 65 0.970 0.4720 0.4282 2.3697 2.1500
■ 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
2026-27 Ohio State D1 BigTen SO 0 0 0 0 0.000
2025-26 Ohio State D1 BigTen FR 25 2 4 6 0.240
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.35
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.24
2025-26 · Ohio State
-32.2% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

28%
NCAA D1
2%
NCAA D2/D3
22%
Age-Out / Club
48%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#9613
Forward overall
#386
Forward born in 2004
#351
in WHL

D1 Comparables

Brandon Wahlin
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.33 PPG
→ UMass (0.13 D1 FR PPG)
0.46 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Tim Bonner
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.89 PPG
→ Yale
0.48 No data
NCAAe PPG
Jared VanWormer
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.27 PPG
→ Ferris State (0.19 D1 FR PPG)
0.44 Developing
NCAAe PPG
A.J. Reid
NAHL · 2012-13 · 1.18 PPG
→ Air Force (0.26 D1 FR PPG)
0.41 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Michael Huntebrinker
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.91 PPG
→ Minnesota State (0.15 D1 FR PPG)
0.49 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Shaquille Merasty
Adrian · 2011-12
1.357 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Brett Gravelle
St. Thomas · 2015-16
0.923 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Jon Whitelaw
SUNY Oswego · 2008-09
1.357 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.