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Joseph Nikac Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2003-05-16 Country: Canada
Signed Professionally
Univ. of Toronto · USports-M

Set Commitment

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 Burlington Cougars OJHL 0 0 0 0 0.000 — — — —
2021-22 Burlington Cougars OJHL 47 5 10 15 0.319 0.0782 0.0797 0.2196 0.2239
2022-23 Burlington Cougars OJHL 47 18 13 31 0.660 0.1617 0.1566 0.4540 0.4396
2023-24 — OJHL 54 11 29 40 0.741 0.1815 0.1663 0.5098 0.4672
2025-26 Univ. of Toronto USports-M 0 0 0 0 0.000 — — — —
■ 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
2024-25 SUNY Brockport D3 SUNYAC FR 23 3 9 12 0.522
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.14
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.52
2024-25 · SUNY Brockport
+275.3% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

20%
NCAA D1
20%
NCAA D2/D3
40%
Age-Out / Club
20%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#31044
Forward overall
#1819
Forward born in 2003

D1 Comparables

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

D2/3 Comparables

James Pelton
UMass Dartmouth · 2017-18
0.615 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Blake Huppert
Wisconsin-River Falls · 2010-11
0.556 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Jack McDonald
SUNY Geneseo · 2023-24
0.652 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.