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Justin Merritt Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1985-03-10 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
2002-03 Brampton Capitals OJHL 49 8 18 26 0.531 0.1482 0.1523 0.3662 0.3764
2003-04 Hamilton Red Wings OJHL 27 3 11 14 0.518 0.1449 0.1424 0.3578 0.3517
2004-05 Hamilton Red Wings OJHL 41 4 16 20 0.488 0.1363 0.1271 0.3366 0.3139
2005-06 Hamilton Red Wings OJHL 34 3 14 17 0.500 0.1397 0.1251 0.3451 0.3091
■ 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
2008-09 Buffalo State D3 — JR 26 1 5 6 0.231
2007-08 Buffalo State D3 — SO 15 0 3 3 0.200
2006-07 Buffalo State D3 — FR 24 3 10 13 0.542
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.12
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.54
2006-07 · Buffalo State
+356.0% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#7929
Defenseman overall
#1052
Defenseman born in 1985
#2629
in OJHL

D1 Comparables

Michael Holland
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.18 PPG
→ RIT (0.05 D1 FR PPG)
0.10 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
Carter Foguth
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.08 PPG
→ Minnesota State (0.06 D1 FR PPG)
0.05 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Drew Brevig
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.64 PPG
→ Ohio State (0.50 D1 FR PPG)
0.22 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Dominic Racobaldo
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ American International (0.12 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Developing D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Seth Reda
Wisconsin-Superior · 2004-05
0.370 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Rylan Burns
Amherst · 2004-05
0.625 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Thomas Sullivan
Babson · 2024-25
0.783 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.