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Nick Ford Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1995-11-02 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 — CCHL 58 5 15 20 0.345 0.0984 0.1023 0.2669 0.2775
2014-15 Lone Star Brahmas NAHL 33 2 8 10 0.303 0.1125 0.1135 0.3208 0.3236
2015-16 St. Cloud Norsemen NAHL 59 12 26 38 0.644 0.2392 0.2307 0.6820 0.6577
■ 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 Elmira D3 UCHC SR 26 13 27 40 1.538
2018-19 Elmira D3 UCHC JR 27 15 24 39 1.444
2017-18 Elmira D3 UCHC SO 28 25 25 50 1.786
2016-17 Elmira D3 UCHC FR 25 10 10 20 0.800
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.16
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.80
2016-17 · Elmira
+408.6% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#24874
Forward overall
#1000
Forward born in 1995

D1 Comparables

Ian Miller
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.57 PPG
→ Lake Superior State (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.20 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Ryan Doucet
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.73 PPG
→ Air Force (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.26 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Tyler Deresky
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.79 PPG
→ Bentley (0.19 D1 FR PPG)
0.28 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Cullen Hurley
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.38 PPG
→ Wisconsin
0.23 No data
NCAAe PPG
Max Birkinbine
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.46 PPG
→ Air Force (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Ryan Kearney
Suffolk · 2024-25
0.583 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Brett Penner
Concordia Wisconsin · 2012-13
1.000 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
John Haeg
St. John's · 2010-11
1.125 Elite
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.