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Ryan Messing Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2001-09-08 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 Metro Jets USPHL-Premier 42 16 25 41 0.976 0.1101 0.1101 0.3321 0.3321
2021-22 Metro Jets USPHL-Premier 43 28 25 53 1.233 0.1390 0.1320 0.4193 0.3982
■ 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 Buffalo State D3 SUNYAC SR 11 1 3 4 0.364
2024-25 Buffalo State D3 SUNYAC JR 11 2 0 2 0.182
2023-24 Buffalo State D3 SUNYAC SO 22 3 2 5 0.227
2022-23 Buffalo State D3 SUNYAC FR 6 1 0 1 0.167
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.11
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.17
2022-23 · Buffalo State
+47.5% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

30%
NCAA D2/D3
0%
Club / ACHA
0%
Other

NCAAe Rankings

#10299
Forward overall
#443
Forward born in 2001
#513
in USPHL-Premier

D1 Comparables

Woody Hudson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.43 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.23 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Eli Lichtenwald
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.36 PPG
→ Union (0.68 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Tyler Deresky
NAHL · 2012-13 · 0.79 PPG
→ Bentley (0.19 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Cullen Hurley
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.38 PPG
→ Wisconsin
0.21 No data
NCAAe PPG
Davey Middleton
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Brown (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Joseph Santino
SUNY Morrisville · 2012-13
0.750 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Mason Ausmus
Concordia (WI) · 2021-22
0.364 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Zach Pease
Fredonia · 2014-15
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.