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Drew Waterfield Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2006-03-20 Country: USA
⚠️ Aging Out 2026-27: Turns 20 before Dec 31, 2026 — final eligible junior season.
Yale
ECAC D1

Set Commitment

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
2024-25 Madison Capitols USHL 51 6 12 18 0.353 0.2082 0.2069 1.0599 1.0531
2025-26 Waterloo Black Hawks USHL 53 7 11 18 0.340 0.2003 0.1893 1.0200 0.9642
■ Blue = NCAAe (D1 anchor)   ■ Green = D3e (D3 anchor)   COVID-flagged seasons highlighted in yellow

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

35%
NCAA D1
10%
NCAA D2/D3
30%
Age-Out / Club
22%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#26589
Forward overall
#1313
Forward born in 2006
#2554
in USHL

D1 Comparables

Gage Hough
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.39 PPG
→ UMass Lowell (0.12 D1 FR PPG)
0.22 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Stanislav Dzakhov
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.27 PPG
→ Niagara (0.44 D1 FR PPG)
0.15 Average
NCAAe PPG
Tayler Munson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.31 PPG
→ Alaska Fairbanks (0.35 D1 FR PPG)
0.17 Average
NCAAe PPG
Alexander Dahl
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.38 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.21 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Evan Janssen
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.45 PPG
→ Denver (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.25 Developing
NCAAe PPG

Yale Alumni similar profiles who attended this school

Julian Frias
NE-Prep 2021-22
0.20
actual FR PPG at Yale
Donovan Frias
NE-Prep 2021-22
0.40
actual FR PPG at Yale
Kurt Gurkan
NE-Prep 2021-22
0.25
actual FR PPG at Yale
James Shannon
NE-Prep 2021-22
0.37
actual FR PPG at Yale

D2/3 Comparables

JC Humphreys
SUNY Cortland · 2023-24
0.481 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Filip Jakobsson
Canton · 2018-19
1.000 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Ty Enns
Marian · 2017-18
0.923 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.