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Zach Pappas Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2003-06-13 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
2019-20 South Shore Kings USPHL-Premier 11 0 1 1 0.091 0.0103 0.0103 0.0309 0.0309
2020-21 Florida Jr. Blades USPHL-Premier 43 1 10 11 0.256 0.0289 0.0289 0.0870 0.0870
2021-22 Florida Jr. Blades USPHL-Premier 41 1 8 9 0.220 0.0248 0.0257 0.0747 0.0775
2022-23 Boston Jr. Rangers EHL 22 1 4 5 0.227 0.0333 0.0339 0.1114 0.1133
2023-24 Boston Jr. Rangers EHL 44 2 7 9 0.204 0.0299 0.0289 0.1003 0.0970
■ 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 Framingham State D3 MASCAC — 17 0 2 2 0.118
2024-25 Framingham State D3 MASCAC — 18 0 1 1 0.056
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.03
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.06
2024-25 · Framingham State
+90.4% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

10%
NCAA D2/D3
5%
Club / ACHA
0%
Other

NCAAe Rankings

#18328
Defenseman overall
#3219
Defenseman born in 2003

D1 Comparables

William Eiserman
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.15 PPG
→ UMass Lowell (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.08 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Brandon Carlson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.24 PPG
→ Alabama-Huntsville (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Matt Krug
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.21 PPG
→ Union (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.11 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Dominic Racobaldo
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ American International (0.12 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 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

D2/3 Comparables

Paul Forselius
Salve Regina · 2005-06
0.222 Developing
actual D2/3 PPG
Hunter Gunski
Utica · 2016-17
0.000 No data
actual D2/3 PPG
Chris Kestell
SUNY Geneseo · 2004-05
0.423 Average
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.