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Jens Richards Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2002-12-14 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
2020-21 Austin Bruins NAHL 49 9 4 13 0.265 0.0975 0.0975 0.2800 0.2800
2021-22 Austin Bruins NAHL 51 16 25 41 0.804 0.2954 0.3025 0.8485 0.8688
■ 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
2025-26 Vermont D1 HockeyEast SR 34 6 8 14 0.412
2024-25 Vermont D1 HockeyEast SR 26 5 2 7 0.269
2023-24 Vermont D1 HockeyEast JR 32 10 11 21 0.656
2022-23 Vermont D1 HockeyEast — 30 3 1 4 0.133
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.26
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.13
2022-23 · Vermont
-48.5% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

52%
NCAA D1
2%
NCAA D2/D3
18%
Age-Out / Club
28%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#23441
Forward overall
#1289
Forward born in 2002
#1782
in NAHL

D1 Comparables

Peter Krieger
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.92 PPG
→ Alaska Fairbanks (0.39 D1 FR PPG)
0.34 Average
NCAAe PPG
A.J. Fossen
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.55 PPG
→ Clarkson (0.32 D1 FR PPG)
0.31 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Grant Opperman
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.56 PPG
→ Dartmouth (0.61 D1 FR PPG)
0.32 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Villiam Haag
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.64 PPG
→ Michigan State (0.37 D1 FR PPG)
0.37 Average
NCAAe PPG
Andrew Poturalski
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.62 PPG
→ New Hampshire (0.72 D1 FR PPG)
0.36 Strong
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Tommy Fitzpatrick
Marian · 2006-07
1.208 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Richard Manley
SUNY Geneseo · 2008-09
1.150 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Zach Heintz
Adrian · 2017-18
1.179 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.