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College Basketball · 2026-27 · Preseason

Austin Nunez

LSU · Guard · Senior · 6-2 · #2

Transfer from UTSA

#3137Overall
-0.42Projected impact
  • #1782 guard in the country
  • #1527 in the transfer portal

Projected role · 2026-27

Projected rotation player (about 12 minutes a game) at LSU, as a secondary scorer: a smaller role than he had at UTSA (28.5 min).

Projected minutes
12
Spot in the rotation
#6

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 UTSA: 22 games, 21 starts, 28.5 minutes a game.

  • Points per game9.856th
  • Rebounds per game2.128th
  • Assists per game2.876th
  • Steals per game1.171st
  • Blocks per game0.011th
  • Turnovers per game2.017th
  • Field goal %30.4%(70-230)2nd
  • 3-point %25.3%(22-87)11th
  • Free throw %88.5%(54-61)94th

Last season: advanced

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

  • Usage rate23.4%style

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

  • Offensive rating88.93rd

    Points he produces per 100 possessions he uses

  • Defensive rating116.512th

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

  • True shooting %42.0%2nd

    Scoring efficiency counting 3s and free throws

  • Effective FG %35.2%1st

    Field goal % with 3s worth 1.5 times a 2

  • Assist-to-turnover1.3646th

    Assists for every turnover

  • Offensive rebound %12.8%15th

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

  • Free-throw rate26.5%39th

    Free throws attempted per 100 field goal attempts

  • Win shares per 40-0.0062nd

    Wins he created per 40 minutes played

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The closest matches among every guard in the country: all of last season's stats compared on the same scale, plus projected impact.

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    73%match

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    Returning

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  • Ty Tabales

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    72%match

    Returning

    -0.47 impact · 9.1 pts · 2.2 reb · 3.5 ast

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  • Jayden Williams

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    71%match

    Returning

    -0.38 impact · 7.5 pts · 2.9 reb · 4 ast

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    71%match

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    -0.34 impact · 8.7 pts · 2.1 reb · 2.4 ast

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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).