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Brendan Smith Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1996-01-19 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
2013-14 Omaha Lancers USHL 34 0 2 2 0.059 0.0347 0.0360 0.1766 0.1830
2014-15 Omaha Lancers USHL 55 3 15 18 0.327 0.1931 0.1906 0.9830 0.9705
■ 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
2018-19 Cornell D1 ECAC SR 27 2 4 6 0.222
2017-18 Cornell D1 ECAC JR 28 5 5 10 0.357
2016-17 Cornell D1 ECAC SO 24 1 2 3 0.125
2015-16 Cornell D1 ECAC FR 13 0 0 0 0.000

NCAAe Rankings

#12641
Defenseman overall
#1757
Defenseman born in 1996
#3491
in USHL

D1 Comparables

Vince Pedrie
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.32 PPG
→ Penn State (0.69 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Eric Sweetman
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.29 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.39 D1 FR PPG)
0.17 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Johnny Wingels
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.29 PPG
→ Miami
0.17 No data
NCAAe PPG
Nolan Gluchowski
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.40 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.55 D1 FR PPG)
0.23 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Justin Woods
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.32 PPG
→ Alaska Fairbanks (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 Average D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Anthony Ceolin
Fitchburg State · 2017-18
0.692 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Bryan Tang
Skidmore · 2023-24
0.571 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Mark Mazzetti
Elmira · 2002-03
0.565 Average
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.