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Derek Neal Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1997-03-27 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 New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs EHL 28 9 19 28 1.000 0.2310 0.2414 0.4893 0.5114
2016-17 New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs EHL 45 24 25 49 1.089 0.2515 0.2515 0.5328 0.5327
2017-18 New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs USPHL-Premier 36 33 18 51 1.417 0.1853 0.1718 0.4808 0.4457
■ 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
2019-20 Salve Regina D1 CNE SO 1 0 1 1 1.000
2019-20 Salve Regina D3 CNE — 1 0 1 1 1.000
2018-19 Salve Regina D1 CNE FR 1 0 0 0 0.000
2018-19 Salve Regina D3 CNE — 1 0 0 0 0.000

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

22%
NCAA D2/D3
0%
Club / ACHA
0%
Other

NCAAe Rankings

#8673
Forward overall
#406
Forward born in 1997

D1 Comparables

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
Davey Middleton
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Brown (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Eli Lichtenwald
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.36 PPG
→ Union (0.68 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Jordan Nelson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.59 PPG
→ Minnesota State (0.22 D1 FR PPG)
0.31 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Brayden Cook
University of New England · 2023-24
0.611 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Patrick Wyers
Gustavus Adolphus · 2021-22
0.333 Developing
actual D2/3 PPG
Bennett Weycker
SUNY Morrisville · 2017-18
0.000 No data
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.