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William Yates Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1996-02-05 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
2015-16 Jersey Hitmen USPHL-Premier-Classic 35 11 10 21 0.600 0.1684 0.1672 0.4933 0.4897
2016-17 Jersey Hitmen USPHL-Premier-Classic 32 7 16 23 0.719 0.2018 0.1905 0.5910 0.5578
■ 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
2018-19 St. Norbert D1 NCHA SO 16 1 5 6 0.375
2018-19 St. Norbert D3 NCHA — 16 1 5 6 0.375
2017-18 St. Norbert D3 NCHA — 26 5 9 14 0.538
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.16
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.54
2017-18 · St. Norbert
+247.2% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#30294
Forward overall
#1271
Forward born in 1996

D1 Comparables

Will Suter
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.47 PPG
→ Bentley (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.25 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Ali Thomas
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.34 PPG
→ Notre Dame (0.18 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Yasin Cissé
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.52 PPG
→ Boston University
0.23 No data
NCAAe PPG
Jordan Nelson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.59 PPG
→ Minnesota State (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.31 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Davey Middleton
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Brown (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Landon Adams
Beloit · 2024-25
0.348 Developing
actual D2/3 PPG
Chris Cass
St. Thomas · 2010-11
0.880 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Carter Newpower
Saint Mary's (MN) · 2022-23
0.364 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.