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Charles Merkley Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2001-05-08 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
2019-20 Brockville Braves CCHL 51 1 5 6 0.118 0.0255 0.0255 0.0910 0.0910
2020-21 Charlotte Rush USPHL-Premier 39 33 26 59 1.513 0.1706 0.1706 0.5147 0.5147
2021-22 Corpus Christi IceRays NAHL 54 9 11 20 0.370 0.1316 0.1242 0.3889 0.3670
■ 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 SUNY Cortland D3 SUNYAC SR 23 3 5 8 0.348
2024-25 SUNY Cortland D3 SUNYAC SO 18 1 2 3 0.167
2023-24 Robert Morris D1 AHA — 9 0 0 0 0.000

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

22%
NCAA D1
20%
NCAA D2/D3
55%
Age-Out / Club
2%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#23183
Forward overall
#1152
Forward born in 2001

D1 Comparables

Eli Lichtenwald
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.36 PPG
→ Union (0.68 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Ali Thomas
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.34 PPG
→ Notre Dame (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Davey Middleton
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Brown (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Yasin Cissé
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.52 PPG
→ Boston University
0.23 No data
NCAAe PPG
Woody Hudson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.43 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.23 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Ethan Nauman
Wisconsin-Eau Claire · 2011-12
0.500 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Matthew Franzoi
Skidmore · 2021-22
0.400 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Doc Gentzler
SUNY Brockport · 2015-16
0.391 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.