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Sam Morton Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1999-07-28 Country: USA
Signed Professionally

Set Commitment

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
2016-17 — BCHL 43 7 18 25 0.581 0.2240 0.2432 0.8461 0.9188
2017-18 — BCHL 58 29 25 54 0.931 0.3587 0.3723 1.3549 1.4062
2019-20 — BCHL 26 11 20 31 1.192 0.4594 0.4594 1.7352 1.7352
■ 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
2023-24 Minnesota State D1 BigTen — 37 24 10 34 0.919
2022-23 Minnesota State D1 BigTen — 10 6 2 8 0.800
2021-22 Minnesota State D1 CCHA — 38 9 16 25 0.658
2020-21 Minnesota State D1 WCHA JR 17 5 4 9 0.529
2019-20 Union D1 ECAC SO 13 2 1 3 0.231
2018-19 Union D1 ECAC FR 29 1 9 10 0.345
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.27
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.34
2018-19 · Union
+25.6% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

52%
NCAA D1
0%
NCAA D2/D3
48%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

D1 Comparables

Justin Greenberg
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.95 PPG
→ Miami (0.24 D1 FR PPG)
0.37 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Grant Besse
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.57 PPG
→ Wisconsin (0.39 D1 FR PPG)
0.34 Average
NCAAe PPG
Zach Aston-Reese
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Northeastern (0.54 D1 FR PPG)
0.30 Average
NCAAe PPG
Kyle Osterberg
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.52 PPG
→ Minnesota Duluth (0.77 D1 FR PPG)
0.31 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Jake Montgomery
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.57 PPG
→ Nebraska Omaha
0.34 No data
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Nicholas Stevens
Wisconsin-Stout · 2020-21
0.826 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Ryan Bloom
University of New England · 2011-12
1.654 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Tyler Blanchard
King's · 2018-19
0.913 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.