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Jon Merrill Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1992-02-03 Country: USA
2010 · Round 2, Pick #38  ·  New Jersey Devils New Jersey Devils
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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
2008-09 — NTDP-U18 43 3 5 8 0.186 0.1383 0.1401 0.6940 0.7029
2009-10 — NTDP-U18 58 5 28 33 0.569 0.4229 0.4057 2.1232 2.0370
■ 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
2012-13 Michigan D1 CCHA-orig JR 21 2 9 11 0.524
2011-12 Michigan D1 CCHA-orig SO 19 2 9 11 0.579
2010-11 Michigan D1 CCHA-orig FR 42 7 18 25 0.595
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.28
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.60
2010-11 · Michigan
+110.5% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#3507
Defenseman overall
#658
Defenseman born in 1992

D1 Comparables

Will Butcher
NTDP-U18 · 2012-13 · 0.55 PPG
→ Denver (0.42 D1 FR PPG)
0.39 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Clark Kuster
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.47 PPG
→ St. Cloud State
0.29 No data
NCAAe PPG
Matt Nuttle
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.67 PPG
→ Cornell
0.41 No data
NCAAe PPG
Luke Voltin
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.43 PPG
→ Northern Michigan (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Jordan Gross
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.48 PPG
→ Notre Dame (0.67 D1 FR PPG)
0.30 Elite D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Bryce Grandbois
Worcester State · 2023-24
0.769 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Logan DiScanio
University of New England · 2017-18
1.000 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Neil Trimm
Neumann · 2002-03
1.800 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.