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College Basketball · 2026-27 · Preseason

AJ Smith

Georgia State · Guard · Senior · 6-5 · #1

Transfer from Temple

#910Overall
+0.26Projected impact
  • #453 guard in the country
  • #513 in the transfer portal
  • #382 mid-major player

Projected role · 2026-27

Projected bench piece (about 14 minutes a game) at Georgia State, as a secondary scorer: a role like the one he had at Temple (15.0 min).

Projected minutes
14
Spot in the rotation
#9

From the Statboy preseason model. It updates once games start.

▸What is impact?

Impact is how many points per game a player adds to his team. 0 is an average player, so a plus number means he's better than average and a minus number means he's below. It's Statboy's own number, based on everything he does on the court and the level he played against.

Last season: the basics

2025-26 at Temple: 8 games, 0 starts, 15 minutes a game.

  • Points per game7.841st
  • Rebounds per game1.48th
  • Assists per game0.815th
  • Steals per game0.11st
  • Blocks per game0.011th
  • Turnovers per game0.495th
  • Field goal %48.9%(22-45)90th
  • 3-point %44.4%(4-9)98th
  • Free throw %73.7%(14-19)38th

Last season: advanced

Percentiles compare him with every Division I guard who played 300+ minutes.

  • Usage rate25.2%style

    Share of his team's possessions he ends (shot, free throws or turnover) while on the floor

  • Offensive rating120.482nd

    Points he produces per 100 possessions he uses

  • Defensive rating119.64th

    Points allowed per 100 possessions while he's on the floor (lower is better)

  • True shooting %58.1%76th

    Scoring efficiency counting 3s and free throws

  • Effective FG %53.3%72nd

    Field goal % with 3s worth 1.5 times a 2

  • Assist-to-turnover2.0079th

    Assists for every turnover

  • Offensive rebound %9.1%6th

    Share of his team's missed shots he rebounds while on the floor

  • Free-throw rate42.2%78th

    Free throws attempted per 100 field goal attempts

  • Win shares per 40.13376th

    Wins he created per 40 minutes played

Small sample: under 300 minutes last season.

Impact = how many points per game he adds to his team when he plays. 0 is an average player (Statboy's own number).