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Derrick Budz Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1999-04-02 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
2015-16 Yorkton Terriers SJHL 1 0 0 0 0.000 — — — —
2016-17 Yorkton Terriers SJHL 7 0 2 2 0.286 0.0870 0.0940 0.2117 0.2287
2017-18 Drumheller Dragons AJHL 50 7 5 12 0.240 0.0796 0.0805 0.2224 0.2249
2018-19 Drumheller Dragons AJHL 60 23 22 45 0.750 0.2488 0.2396 0.6951 0.6693
2019-20 Drumheller Dragons AJHL 50 14 21 35 0.700 0.2323 0.2323 0.6488 0.6488
■ 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 Aurora D3 NCHA SR 26 8 9 17 0.654
2022-23 Aurora D3 NCHA JR 25 12 16 28 1.120
2021-22 Aurora D3 NCHA SO 26 8 12 20 0.769
2020-21 Aurora D1 — FR 11 2 5 7 0.636
2020-21 Aurora D3 NCHA FR 11 2 5 7 0.636
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.15
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.64
2020-21 · Aurora
+322.6% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

30%
NCAA D1
5%
NCAA D2/D3
30%
Age-Out / Club
35%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#27748
Forward overall
#1438
Forward born in 1999

D1 Comparables

Gage Hough
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.39 PPG
→ UMass Lowell (0.12 D1 FR PPG)
0.23 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Evan Janssen
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.45 PPG
→ Denver (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.26 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Tommy Schutt
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.37 PPG
→ Quinnipiac (0.28 D1 FR PPG)
0.22 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Eric Freschi
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.51 PPG
→ Cornell (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.29 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Alexander Dahl
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.38 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.22 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Ryan Carney
Bowdoin · 2009-10
0.667 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Frankie DeAugustine
UMass Boston · 2010-11
0.926 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Derek Lynden
Manhattanville · 2004-05
0.529 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.