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Sam Blanton Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2004-05-11 Country: USA
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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 — NAHL 11 1 2 3 0.273 0.1002 0.1047 0.2882 0.3012
2023-24 New Jersey Rockets NCDC 47 22 29 51 1.085 0.4424 0.4389 1.5004 1.4282
2024-25 Johnstown Tomahawks NAHL 57 13 24 37 0.649 0.2385 0.2253 0.6860 0.6482
■ 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 Bowdoin D3 NESCAC FR 5 1 2 3 0.600
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.27
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.60
2025-26 · Bowdoin
+125.6% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

18%
NCAA D1
18%
NCAA D2/D3
48%
Age-Out / Club
18%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#12216
Forward overall
#547
Forward born in 2004
#410
in NAHL

D1 Comparables

Davey Middleton
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Brown (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Eli Lichtenwald
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.36 PPG
→ Union (0.68 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Jordan Nelson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.59 PPG
→ Minnesota State (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.31 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Justin Parizek
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.93 PPG
→ Nebraska Omaha (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.32 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Yasin Cissé
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.52 PPG
→ Boston University
0.23 No data
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

James Tatro
Salem State · 2023-24
1.269 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Mark Menzies
St. Scholastica · 2004-05
0.769 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Andrew Francone
Lake Forest · 2000-01
0.583 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.