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Joel Kjellberg Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2004-04-29 Country: Sweden
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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
2021-22 Djurgårdens IF U20 SuperElit 24 3 8 11 0.458 0.1796 0.1873 0.5629 0.5870
2022-23 Cedar Rapids RoughRiders USHL 53 0 14 14 0.264 0.1624 0.1624 0.7784 0.7783
2023-24 Cedar Rapids RoughRiders USHL 59 11 26 37 0.627 0.3855 0.3663 1.8476 1.7556
■ 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 Arizona State D1 NCHC SO 36 2 9 11 0.306
2024-25 Arizona State D1 NCHC — 34 0 11 11 0.324
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.27
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.32
2024-25 · Arizona State
+20.3% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

72%
NCAA D1
2%
NCAA D2/D3
12%
Age-Out / Club
12%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#3430
Defenseman overall
#859
Defenseman born in 2004

D1 Comparables

Jared Kolquist
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.47 PPG
→ Merrimack (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.28 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Connor Murphy
OHL · 2012-13 · 0.55 PPG
→ Cornell (0.20 D1 FR PPG)
0.30 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Christopher Dienes
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.45 PPG
→ Western Michigan (0.15 D1 FR PPG)
0.26 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Niklas Nevalainen
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.55 PPG
→ St. Cloud State (0.23 D1 FR PPG)
0.32 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Tucker Poolman
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.44 PPG
→ North Dakota (0.45 D1 FR PPG)
0.26 Strong D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Brian Berger
Marian · 2010-11
1.038 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Jason Yuel
Curry · 2005-06
1.769 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Cole Hepler
Lebanon Valley · 2014-15
1.280 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.