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Nigel Williams Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1988-04-18 Country: USA
2006 · Round 2, Pick #51  ·  Colorado Avalanche Colorado Avalanche
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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
2005-06 — NTDP-U18 40 3 6 9 0.225 0.1672 0.1624 0.8396 0.8156
2006-07 Saginaw Spirit OHL 46 17 19 36 0.783 0.4527 0.4491 2.0109 1.9949
2007-08 — OHL 67 15 31 46 0.687 0.3972 0.3744 1.7642 1.6631
■ 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
2006-07 Wisconsin D1 BigTen FR 1 0 0 0 0.000

NCAAe Rankings

#2203
Defenseman overall
#432
Defenseman born in 1988

D1 Comparables

Connor Murphy
OHL · 2012-13 · 0.55 PPG
→ Cornell (0.20 D1 FR PPG)
0.30 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Jared Kolquist
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.47 PPG
→ Merrimack (0.14 D1 FR PPG)
0.26 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Christopher Dienes
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.45 PPG
→ Western Michigan (0.15 D1 FR PPG)
0.25 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Victor Newell
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.52 PPG
→ Harvard (0.67 D1 FR PPG)
0.29 Elite D
NCAAe PPG
Barrett Kaib
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.57 PPG
→ Providence (0.19 D1 FR PPG)
0.32 Average D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Connor Armour
Adrian · 2013-14
1.357 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Ryan Busby
SUNY Plattsburgh · 2002-03
0.903 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Rusty Masters
Elmira · 2005-06
0.962 Strong
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.