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Jason Shafer Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2004-02-14 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 Utica Jr. Comets USPHL-Premier 7 1 0 1 0.143 0.0187 0.0187 0.0485 0.0485
2021-22 Utica Jr. Comets NCDC 32 1 1 2 0.062 0.0255 0.0275 0.0502 0.0542
2022-23 Utica Jr. Comets NCDC 43 1 3 4 0.093 0.0379 0.0393 0.0748 0.0776
2023-24 — NCDC 39 2 5 7 0.179 0.0732 0.0717 0.1443 0.1414
2024-25 Seacoast Spartans NCDC 54 4 14 18 0.333 0.1359 0.1272 0.2679 0.2507
■ 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 Nazareth D3 UCHC FR 24 1 7 8 0.333
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.10
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.33
2025-26 · Nazareth
+236.3% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

48%
NCAA D2/D3
0%
Club / ACHA
0%
Other

NCAAe Rankings

#11801
Defenseman overall
#2451
Defenseman born in 2004

D1 Comparables

Michael Holland
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.18 PPG
→ RIT (0.05 D1 FR PPG)
0.09 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Carter Foguth
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.08 PPG
→ Minnesota State (0.06 D1 FR PPG)
0.04 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
Dominic Racobaldo
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ American International (0.12 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 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

D2/3 Comparables

Patrick Geary
Bowdoin · 2015-16
0.412 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Matt Rutigliano
Skidmore · 2018-19
0.440 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Shane Gingera
Concordia · 2013-14
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.