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Payton Kender Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2004-11-15 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
2023-24 South Shore Kings USPHL-Premier 43 11 14 25 0.581 0.1916 0.1938 0.1978 0.2001
2024-25 South Shore Kings USPHL-Premier 44 16 20 36 0.818 0.2697 0.2570 0.2784 0.2653
■ 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 Rivier D3 MASCAC FR 25 12 9 21 0.840
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.22
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.84
2025-26 · Rivier
+284.1% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

30%
NCAA D2/D3
10%
Club / ACHA
0%
Other

NCAAe Rankings

#4824
Defenseman overall
#1256
Defenseman born in 2004
#1622
in USPHL-Premier

D1 Comparables

Nolan Valleau
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.41 PPG
→ Bowling Green
0.23 No data
NCAAe PPG
Brandon Kirk
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.32 PPG
→ Dartmouth
0.18 No data
NCAAe PPG
Patrick Koudys
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.23 PPG
→ RPI (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Benjamin Gallacher
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.45 PPG
→ Ohio State (0.50 D1 FR PPG)
0.25 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Matt Van Voorhis
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.47 PPG
→ Denver (0.10 D1 FR PPG)
0.27 Developing D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Chris Aitcheson
Becker · 2012-13
0.333 Developing
actual D2/3 PPG
Tyler Gow
St. Norbert · 2002-03
0.345 Developing
actual D2/3 PPG
Luke Dillon
Wisconsin-Stout · 2010-11
0.296 Developing
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.