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Brayden Sampson Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1997-06-03 Country: Canada
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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
2013-14 Oakville Blades OJHL 2 0 0 0 0.000 — — — —
2014-15 Oakville Blades OJHL 6 0 0 0 0.000 — — — —
2015-16 Oakville Blades OJHL 51 3 16 19 0.372 0.0913 0.0922 0.2565 0.2590
2016-17 — OJHL 48 2 23 25 0.521 0.1276 0.1231 0.3586 0.3460
2017-18 Newmarket Hurricanes OJHL 54 6 37 43 0.796 0.1952 0.1789 0.5483 0.5026
■ 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
2021-22 Aurora D3 NCHA SR 28 7 24 31 1.107
2020-21 Aurora D1 NCHA JR 11 4 9 13 1.182
2020-21 Aurora D3 NCHA JR 11 4 9 13 1.182
2019-20 Aurora D1 NCHA SO 27 6 15 21 0.778
2019-20 Aurora D3 NCHA SO 27 6 15 21 0.778
2018-19 Aurora D1 NCHA FR 27 2 12 14 0.518
2018-19 Aurora D3 NCHA FR 27 2 12 14 0.518
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.15
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.52
2018-19 · Aurora
+250.8% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

42%
NCAA D1
12%
NCAA D2/D3
45%
Age-Out / Club
0%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#7913
Defenseman overall
#1436
Defenseman born in 1997
#1657
in OJHL

D1 Comparables

Dominic Racobaldo
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ American International (0.12 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Brandon Carlson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.24 PPG
→ Alabama-Huntsville (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Matt Krug
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.21 PPG
→ Union (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.11 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Marc-Antoine Carrier
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.37 PPG
→ Brown (0.04 D1 FR PPG)
0.16 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
William Eiserman
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.15 PPG
→ UMass Lowell (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.08 Developing D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Joonas Linnavuori
Buffalo State · 2023-24
0.500 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Savva Smirnov
Concordia · 2021-22
0.000 No data
actual D2/3 PPG
Jake Fuss
University of New England · 2018-19
0.727 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.