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College Basketball · 2026-27 · Preseason

Braden Appelhans

Xavier · Guard · Senior · 6-6 · #12

Transfer from Drake

#2034Overall
-0.07Projected impact
  • #1050 guard in the country
  • #1073 in the transfer portal

Projected role · 2026-27

Projected rotation player (about 14 minutes a game) at Xavier, as a floor spacer: a role like the one he had at Drake (13.7 min).

Projected minutes
15
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 Drake: 27 games, 0 starts, 13.7 minutes a game.

  • Points per game5.321st
  • Rebounds per game1.48th
  • Assists per game0.56th
  • Steals per game0.35th
  • Blocks per game0.138th
  • Turnovers per game0.495th
  • Field goal %40.8%(51-125)42nd
  • 3-point %40.0%(36-90)88th
  • Free throw %66.7%(4-6)18th

Last season: advanced

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

  • Usage rate19.5%style

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

  • Offensive rating109.648th

    Points he produces per 100 possessions he uses

  • Defensive rating111.140th

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

  • True shooting %55.6%58th

    Scoring efficiency counting 3s and free throws

  • Effective FG %55.2%82nd

    Field goal % with 3s worth 1.5 times a 2

  • Assist-to-turnover1.2740th

    Assists for every turnover

  • Offensive rebound %10.3%8th

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

  • Free-throw rate4.8%1st

    Free throws attempted per 100 field goal attempts

  • Win shares per 40.07632nd

    Wins he created per 40 minutes played

Players like Braden Appelhans

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

  • Omer Mayer

    Purdue · G · Sophomore

    75%match

    Returning

    -0.03 impact · 5.5 pts · 1.1 reb · 1.2 ast

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  • Quentin Duncan

    NJIT · G · Junior

    72%match

    Returning

    -0.22 impact · 4.4 pts · 1.7 reb · 0.5 ast

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  • Ethan Simmon

    Stony Brook · G · Senior

    72%match

    Returning

    -0.08 impact · 5.8 pts · 1.3 reb · 0.4 ast

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  • Mikkel Tyne

    Buffalo · G · Senior

    71%match

    Transfer from Richmond

    -0.18 impact · 6.2 pts · 1.2 reb · 1.4 ast

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  • Hudson Greer

    Creighton · G · Sophomore

    70%match

    Returning

    -0.03 impact · 4.7 pts · 2 reb · 0.4 ast

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  • David Mager

    Pepperdine · G · Senior

    70%match

    Returning

    -0.17 impact · 4.4 pts · 0.9 reb · 0.2 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).