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Brandon Merkosky Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1983-11-16 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
2000-01 Cobourg Cougars OJHL 32 11 7 18 0.562 0.1379 0.1455 0.3873 0.4087
■ 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
2004-05 Air Force D1 AHA SO 36 14 17 31 0.861
2003-04 Air Force D1 AHA FR 31 7 10 17 0.548
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.12
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.55
2003-04 · Air Force
+340.5% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#33609
Forward overall
#933
Forward born in 1983
#1890
in OJHL

D1 Comparables

Tyler Sheehy
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.20 PPG
→ Minnesota (0.81 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Elite
NCAAe PPG
Alec Marsh
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.28 PPG
→ Penn State (0.57 D1 FR PPG)
0.17 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Jack Billings
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.25 PPG
→ Niagara
0.16 No data
NCAAe PPG
Shane Eiserman
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.32 PPG
→ New Hampshire (0.43 D1 FR PPG)
0.20 Average
NCAAe PPG
Biagio Lerario
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.27 PPG
→ Northeastern (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.17 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Bryce Grandbois
Worcester State · 2021-22
0.769 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Jestin Somero
SUNY Morrisville · 2015-16
0.542 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Jeffrey Gauld
Canton · 2014-15
0.818 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.