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Derek Miller Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1981-05-05 Country: Canada
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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
2000-01 Neepawa Titans MJHL 55 18 38 56 1.018 0.2880 0.2799 0.6416 0.6235
2001-02 Nanaimo Clippers BCHL 41 14 20 34 0.829 0.3228 0.2936 1.2094 1.1001
■ 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
2005-06 Wisconsin-Superior D3 — SR 31 7 14 21 0.677
2004-05 Wisconsin-Superior D3 — JR 29 5 13 18 0.621
2003-04 Wisconsin-Superior D3 — SO 26 3 8 11 0.423
2002-03 Wisconsin-Superior D3 — FR 23 1 8 9 0.391
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.27
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.39
2002-03 · Wisconsin-Superior
+43.9% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#1284
Defenseman overall
#353
Defenseman born in 1981

D1 Comparables

John Rey
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.70 PPG
→ Robert Morris (0.32 D1 FR PPG)
0.25 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Drew Brevig
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.64 PPG
→ Ohio State (0.50 D1 FR PPG)
0.22 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Dominic Racobaldo
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ American International (0.12 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Marc-Antoine Carrier
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.37 PPG
→ Brown (0.04 D1 FR PPG)
0.16 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Casey Nelson
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.57 PPG
→ Minnesota State (0.26 D1 FR PPG)
0.20 Average D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Chris Laganiere
SUNY Oswego · 2006-07
0.750 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Jon Gaffney
Utica · 2008-09
0.920 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
George Thurston
Southern New Hampshire · 2018-19
0.909 Strong
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.