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David Cotton Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1997-07-09 Country: USA
2015 · Round 6, Pick #169  ·  Carolina Hurricanes Carolina Hurricanes
Signed Professionally

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
2015-16 Waterloo Black Hawks USHL 48 15 15 30 0.625 0.3687 0.3740 1.8771 1.9041
■ 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
2019-20 Boston College D1 HockeyEast — 32 15 24 39 1.219
2018-19 Boston College D1 HockeyEast — 39 23 13 36 0.923
2017-18 Boston College D1 HockeyEast — 37 9 19 28 0.757
2016-17 Boston College D1 HockeyEast — 40 10 14 24 0.600
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.32
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.60
2016-17 · Boston College
+87.4% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

D1 Comparables

Justin Greenberg
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.95 PPG
→ Miami (0.24 D1 FR PPG)
0.37 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Grant Besse
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.57 PPG
→ Wisconsin (0.39 D1 FR PPG)
0.34 Average
NCAAe PPG
Jake Montgomery
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.57 PPG
→ Nebraska Omaha
0.34 No data
NCAAe PPG
Dylan Steman
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.55 PPG
→ Michigan Tech (0.49 D1 FR PPG)
0.33 Average
NCAAe PPG
Zach Aston-Reese
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Northeastern (0.54 D1 FR PPG)
0.30 Average
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Donny Flynn
Wilkes · 2015-16
1.423 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Brycon Johnson
Bryn Athyn · 2014-15
0.778 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Zach Tarantino
UMass Dartmouth · 2017-18
0.667 Strong
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.