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Jacob Rombach Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2007-04-01 Country: USA
2025 NHL Draft Round 2, Pick #35  ·  Nashville Predators Nashville Predators
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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 Spring Lake Park/Coon Rapids USHS-MN 25 9 6 15 0.600 0.1615 0.1615 0.1457 0.1457
2023-24 Lincoln Stars USHL 59 3 6 9 0.152 0.0937 0.1027 0.4493 0.4925
2024-25 Lincoln Stars USHL 57 3 15 18 0.316 0.1941 0.2029 0.9304 0.9725
■ 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 Minnesota D1 BigTen FR 36 1 3 4 0.111
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.15
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.11
2025-26 · Minnesota
-27.7% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

80%
NCAA D1
5%
NCAA D2/D3
8%
Age-Out / Club
8%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#10168
Defenseman overall
#1402
Defenseman born in 2007

D1 Comparables

Steven Santini
NTDP-U18 · 2012-13 · 0.23 PPG
→ Boston College (0.31 D1 FR PPG)
0.17 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Gage Ausmus
NTDP-U18 · 2012-13 · 0.21 PPG
→ North Dakota (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.16 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Connor Clifton
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.36 PPG
→ Quinnipiac (0.25 D1 FR PPG)
0.23 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Matt Roy
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.30 PPG
→ Michigan Tech (0.25 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Trevor Hamilton
NTDP-U18 · 2012-13 · 0.19 PPG
→ Miami (0.17 D1 FR PPG)
0.14 Average D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Regen Cavanagh
Utica · 2014-15
0.778 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Peter Magagna
SUNY Oswego · 2001-02
0.926 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Connor Treacy
SUNY Potsdam · 2002-03
0.960 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.