College Basketball · 2026-27 · Preseason

Aleksej Kostic

Northwestern · Guard · Sophomore · 6-4 · #6

Transfer from BYU

#2745Overall

-0.20Projected impact

#1492 guard in the country
#1356 in the transfer portal

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Projected role · 2026-27

Projected rotation player (about 16 minutes a game) at Northwestern, as a floor spacer: a role like the one he had at BYU (12.1 min).

Projected minutes: 16
Spot in the rotation: #8

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 BYU: 27 games, 5 starts, 12.1 minutes a game.

Points per game4.414th
Rebounds per game0.91st
Assists per game0.43rd
Steals per game0.35th
Blocks per game0.011th
Turnovers per game0.687th
Field goal %36.8%(39-106)15th
3-point %36.7%(33-90)70th
Free throw %87.5%(7-8)92nd

Last season: advanced

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

Usage rate19.0%style
Share of his team's possessions he ends (shot, free throws or turnover) while on the floor
Offensive rating106.537th
Points he produces per 100 possessions he uses
Defensive rating116.313th
Points allowed per 100 possessions while he's on the floor (lower is better)
True shooting %53.9%46th
Scoring efficiency counting 3s and free throws
Effective FG %52.4%66th
Field goal % with 3s worth 1.5 times a 2
Assist-to-turnover0.655th
Assists for every turnover
Offensive rebound %16.7%29th
Share of his team's missed shots he rebounds while on the floor
Free-throw rate7.5%1st
Free throws attempted per 100 field goal attempts
Win shares per 40.06123rd
Wins he created per 40 minutes played

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