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Jack O'Brien Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2003-05-14 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
2019-20 Portland Winterhawks WHL 55 14 16 30 0.545 0.2654 0.2654 1.3366 1.3366
2020-21 Lincoln Stars USHL 23 1 6 7 0.304 0.1871 0.1871 0.8965 0.8965
2021-22 Portland Winterhawks WHL 68 15 32 47 0.691 0.3363 0.3349 1.6936 1.6866
2022-23 Portland Winterhawks WHL 66 12 47 59 0.894 0.4349 0.4128 2.1903 2.0791
2023-24 Portland Winterhawks WHL 60 22 32 54 0.900 0.4379 0.3941 2.2053 1.9847
■ 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 Cornell D1 ECAC — 34 0 6 6 0.176
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.34
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.18
2025-26 · Cornell
-48.7% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

32%
NCAA D1
5%
NCAA D2/D3
62%
Age-Out / Club
0%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#8184
Forward overall
#330
Forward born in 2003
#386
in WHL

D1 Comparables

Todd Skirving
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.80 PPG
→ RIT (0.65 D1 FR PPG)
0.44 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Jordan Nelson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.59 PPG
→ Minnesota (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.32 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Carlos Amestoy
OHL · 2012-13 · 0.75 PPG
→ Maine
0.39 No data
NCAAe PPG
Davey Middleton
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Brown (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.28 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Eric Scheid
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.94 PPG
→ Alaska Anchorage (0.50 D1 FR PPG)
0.52 Average
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Joseph Sposit
Nichols · 2010-11
0.778 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Jake McAlpine
Wisconsin-Stout · 2022-23
0.542 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Dylan Clarke
SUNY Plattsburgh · 2006-07
1.267 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.