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Matt Colford Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1994-06-27 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 Minnesota Magicians NAHL 57 18 23 41 0.719 0.2643 0.2626 0.7592 0.7543
2014-15 — NAHL 60 12 22 34 0.567 0.2082 0.1960 0.5982 0.5630
■ 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 Saint John's D3 MIAC SR 27 8 12 20 0.741
2017-18 Saint John's D3 MIAC JR 25 6 10 16 0.640
2016-17 Saint John's D3 MIAC SO 12 4 9 13 1.083
2015-16 Saint John's D3 MIAC FR 26 6 10 16 0.615
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.19
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.62
2015-16 · Saint John's
+222.9% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#21021
Forward overall
#818
Forward born in 1994
#1451
in NAHL

D1 Comparables

Eli Lichtenwald
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.36 PPG
→ Union (0.68 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Woody Hudson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.43 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.23 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Davey Middleton
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Brown (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Justin Parizek
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.93 PPG
→ Nebraska Omaha (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.32 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Jordan Nelson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.59 PPG
→ Minnesota State (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.31 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Brent Cooper
Wisconsin-River Falls · 2003-04
0.500 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Cody Ayers
Castleton · 2007-08
0.571 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Andrew Morris
Elmira · 2001-02
0.500 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.