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Jaden Shields Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1999-12-30 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
2015-16 Austin Bruins NAHL 2 0 0 0 0.000 — — — —
2016-17 Austin Bruins NAHL 43 0 12 12 0.279 0.1025 0.1146 — —
2017-18 Austin Bruins NAHL 57 12 17 29 0.509 0.1869 0.1997 0.5378 0.5747
2018-19 — USHL 51 3 4 7 0.137 0.0810 0.0799 0.4120 0.4062
2019-20 Austin Bruins NAHL 45 4 21 25 0.556 0.2041 0.2041 0.5872 0.5872
■ 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
2023-24 Adrian D3 NCHA SR 32 11 28 39 1.219
2022-23 Adrian D3 NCHA JR 25 3 29 32 1.280
2021-22 Adrian D3 NCHA SO 30 6 23 29 0.967
2020-21 Adrian D1 NCHA FR 23 4 17 21 0.913
2020-21 Adrian D3 NCHA FR 23 4 17 21 0.913
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.12
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.91
2020-21 · Adrian
+656.4% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

28%
NCAA D1
10%
NCAA D2/D3
15%
Age-Out / Club
48%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#8716
Defenseman overall
#1783
Defenseman born in 1999
#3153
in NAHL

D1 Comparables

Cliff Watson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.18 PPG
→ Michigan Tech (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.10 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Niklas Folin
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.16 PPG
→ UMass Lowell (0.26 D1 FR PPG)
0.09 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Sam Piazza
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.16 PPG
→ Michigan (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.09 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Richard Buri
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.04 PPG
→ Alabama-Huntsville (0.16 D1 FR PPG)
0.02 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Eric Schurhamer
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.24 PPG
→ Maine (0.37 D1 FR PPG)
0.14 Strong D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Nicholas Bondra
Amherst · 2015-16
0.714 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Cayden Kraus
Salve Regina · 2017-18
0.833 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Joey Petronack
Wisconsin-Stout · 2018-19
0.545 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.