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Luke Howard Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2007-08-21 Country: Canada
RIT
AHA D1

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
2024-25 Aurora Tigers OJHL 56 6 20 26 0.464 0.1138 0.1227 0.3197 0.3447
2025-26 — OJHL 46 8 36 44 0.957 0.2344 0.2400 0.6586 0.6744
■ Blue = NCAAe (D1 anchor)   ■ Green = D3e (D3 anchor)   COVID-flagged seasons highlighted in yellow

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

52%
NCAA D1
0%
NCAA D2/D3
8%
Age-Out / Club
40%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#5524
Defenseman overall
#785
Defenseman born in 2007
#1114
in OJHL

D1 Comparables

Michael Kapla
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.49 PPG
→ UMass Lowell (0.41 D1 FR PPG)
0.29 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Cutler Martin
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.27 PPG
→ Michigan (0.47 D1 FR PPG)
0.16 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Chris Leibinger
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ Michigan Tech (0.13 D1 FR PPG)
0.19 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Jake Bischoff
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.17 PPG
→ Minnesota (0.25 D1 FR PPG)
0.10 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Doyle Somerby
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.20 PPG
→ Boston University (0.12 D1 FR PPG)
0.12 Developing D
NCAAe PPG

RIT Alumni similar profiles who attended this school

Tristan Allen
BCHL 2021-22
0.45
actual FR PPG at RIT
Mason Croucher
BCHL 2022-23
0.00
actual FR PPG at RIT
Dimitri Mikrogiannakis
OJHL 2017-18
0.17
actual FR PPG at RIT
Diarmad DiMurro
NAHL 2017-18
0.16
actual FR PPG at RIT

D2/3 Comparables

Kyle Galloway
Southern New Hampshire · 2015-16
0.500 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Joey Schaefer
Nazareth · 2018-19
0.733 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Cole Gibson
Milwaukee School of Engineering · 2008-09
1.038 Elite
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.