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Tate Rusk Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1991-07-14 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
2010-11 Coulee Region Chill NAHL 36 4 6 10 0.278 0.0987 0.0983 0.2917 0.2904
2011-12 — NAHL 56 7 13 20 0.357 0.1268 0.1200 0.3749 0.3548
■ 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
2016-17 Wisconsin-Stout D3 BigTen SR 9 0 1 1 0.111
2015-16 Wisconsin-Stout D3 BigTen JR 17 1 0 1 0.059
2014-15 Wisconsin-Stout D3 BigTen SO 26 3 4 7 0.269
2012-13 Wisconsin-Stout D3 — FR 27 3 5 8 0.296
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.11
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.30
2012-13 · Wisconsin-Stout
+181.9% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#13011
Defenseman overall
#1419
Defenseman born in 1991
#4329
in NAHL

D1 Comparables

Matt Krug
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.21 PPG
→ Union (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.11 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
William Eiserman
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.15 PPG
→ UMass Lowell (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.08 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Brandon Carlson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.24 PPG
→ Alabama-Huntsville (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Dominic Racobaldo
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ American International (0.12 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Benjamin Gallacher
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.45 PPG
→ Ohio State (0.50 D1 FR PPG)
0.24 Elite D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Joey Hughes
St. Scholastica · 2004-05
0.462 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Mark Sullivan
SUNY Potsdam · 2007-08
0.267 Developing
actual D2/3 PPG
Devyn Orpana
Adrian · 2021-22
0.286 Developing
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.