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Hayden Ford Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1997-05-13 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
2016-17 Philadelphia Revolution EHL 28 1 2 3 0.107 0.0247 0.0249 0.0524 0.0527
2017-18 Philadelphia Revolution EHL 50 2 37 39 0.780 0.1802 0.1713 0.3817 0.3629
■ 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
2022-23 Buffalo State D3 SUNYAC GR 22 1 8 9 0.409
2021-22 Buffalo State D3 SUNYAC SR 22 0 10 10 0.455
2020-21 Buffalo State D3 SUNYAC JR 0 0 0 0 0.000
2019-20 Buffalo State D1 SUNYAC SO 20 0 3 3 0.150
2019-20 Buffalo State D3 SUNYAC SO 20 0 3 3 0.150
2018-19 Buffalo State D1 SUNYAC FR 25 2 8 10 0.400
2018-19 Buffalo State D3 SUNYAC FR 25 2 8 10 0.400
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.11
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.40
2018-19 · Buffalo State
+275.9% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

15%
NCAA D2/D3
0%
Club / ACHA
0%
Other

NCAAe Rankings

#8527
Defenseman overall
#1525
Defenseman born in 1997
#1069
in EHL

D1 Comparables

Dominic Racobaldo
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ American International (0.12 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 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
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
William Eiserman
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.15 PPG
→ UMass Lowell (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.08 Developing D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Felix Lamoureux
Hobart · 2018-19
0.600 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Logan Lake
Hamline · 2022-23
0.000 No data
actual D2/3 PPG
Cayden Sweitzer
Post · 2024-25
0.250 Developing
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.