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Position: Defense DOB: 2005-12-03 Country: USA
⚠️ Aging Out 2025-26: Turns 20 before Dec 31, 2025 — final eligible junior season.
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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
2022-23 Omaha Lancers USHL 20 0 0 0 0.000 — — — —
2023-24 Cedar Rapids RoughRiders USHL 43 1 3 4 0.093 0.0572 0.0589 0.2740 0.2822
2024-25 Cedar Rapids RoughRiders USHL 8 0 0 0 0.000 — — — —
■ 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 FR 3 0 1 1 0.333
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.06
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.33
2025-26 · Cornell
+499.5% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

30%
NCAA D1
0%
NCAA D2/D3
18%
Age-Out / Club
52%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#23096
Defenseman overall
#3793
Defenseman born in 2005
#4143
in USHL

D1 Comparables

Lukas Buchta
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.05 PPG
→ Nebraska Omaha (0.12 D1 FR PPG)
0.03 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
David Drake
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.08 PPG
→ UConn (0.16 D1 FR PPG)
0.05 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Alec McCrea
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.16 PPG
→ Cornell (0.44 D1 FR PPG)
0.10 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Clint Lewis
NTDP-U18 · 2012-13 · 0.16 PPG
→ Cornell (0.06 D1 FR PPG)
0.12 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Kyle Mackey
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.16 PPG
→ Air Force (0.21 D1 FR PPG)
0.10 Average D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Bart Moran
Castleton · 2010-11
0.560 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Billy McGwin
Salem State · 2015-16
0.571 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Lonny Forrester
St. Norbert · 2000-01
0.300 Developing
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.