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Darby McCarthy Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2003-12-29 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
2022-23 Helena Bighorns NA3HL 44 4 14 18 0.409 0.0521 0.0528 0.1294 0.1312
2023-24 — NOJHL 55 18 20 38 0.691 0.1177 0.1118 0.2928 0.2780
■ 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 Southern New Hampshire D2 NE10 — 17 2 5 7 0.412
2024-25 Southern New Hampshire D2 NE10 — 0 0 0 0 0.000

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

8%
NCAA D1
25%
NCAA D2/D3
42%
Age-Out / Club
25%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#39748
Forward overall
#2489
Forward born in 2003

D1 Comparables

Cullen Hurley
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.38 PPG
→ Wisconsin
0.21 No data
NCAAe PPG
Tayler Munson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.31 PPG
→ Alaska Fairbanks (0.35 D1 FR PPG)
0.17 Average
NCAAe PPG
Max Birkinbine
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.46 PPG
→ Air Force (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.25 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Alexander Dahl
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.38 PPG
→ St. Lawrence (0.30 D1 FR PPG)
0.21 Developing
NCAAe PPG
Stanislav Dzakhov
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.27 PPG
→ Niagara (0.44 D1 FR PPG)
0.15 Average
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Braydon Barker
Concordia · 2016-17
0.960 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Jacob Ammar
Chatham · 2022-23
0.214 Developing
actual D2/3 PPG
Everett Wardle
Skidmore · 2018-19
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.