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Josh Higgins Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2001-11-23 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
2020-21 New Hampshire Avalanche EHL 35 1 11 12 0.343 0.0502 0.0502 0.1681 0.1681
2021-22 New Hampshire Avalanche EHL 40 4 10 14 0.350 0.0512 0.0508 0.1716 0.1702
■ 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
2025-26 SUNY Brockport D3 — SR 2 0 0 0 0.000
2024-25 SUNY Brockport D3 — JR 5 0 0 0 0.000
2023-24 SUNY Brockport D3 SUNYAC SO 10 0 0 0 0.000
2022-23 SUNY Brockport D3 SUNYAC FR 15 1 1 2 0.133
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.05
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.13
2022-23 · SUNY Brockport
+177.7% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

20%
NCAA D2/D3
0%
Club / ACHA
0%
Other

NCAAe Rankings

#13790
Defenseman overall
#2373
Defenseman born in 2001
#1759
in EHL

D1 Comparables

Patrick Koudys
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.23 PPG
→ RPI (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Kyle McKenzie
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.14 PPG
→ Providence (0.15 D1 FR PPG)
0.08 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Brandon Kirk
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.32 PPG
→ Dartmouth
0.17 No data
NCAAe PPG
Matt Fuller
OHL · 2012-13 · 0.11 PPG
→ Southern Maine (0.17 D1 FR PPG)
0.06 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Taki Pantziris
OHL · 2012-13 · 0.29 PPG
→ Brown
0.15 No data
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Nick Fouts
New England College · 2000-01
0.545 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
James Devlin
Finlandia · 2013-14
0.391 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Kyle Granville
Buffalo State · 2006-07
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.