College Basketball · 2026-27 · Preseason
Brant Byers
Penn State · Forward · Junior · 6-8 · #22
Transfer from Miami (OH)
- #120 forward in the country
- #150 in the transfer portal
Projected role · 2026-27
Projected starter (about 26 minutes a game) at Penn State, as a floor spacer: a role like the one he had at Miami (OH) (30.8 min).
- Projected minutes
- 26
- Spot in the rotation
- #2
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 Miami (OH): 34 games, 33 starts, 30.8 minutes a game.
- Points per game14.392nd
- Rebounds per game4.145th
- Assists per game0.625th
- Steals per game0.654th
- Blocks per game0.440th
- Turnovers per game0.962nd
- Field goal %48.0%(144-300)44th
- 3-point %39.5%(70-177)88th
- Free throw %78.5%(128-163)84th
Last season: advanced
Percentiles compare him with every Division I forward 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 rating129.795th
Points he produces per 100 possessions he uses
- Defensive rating112.023rd
Points allowed per 100 possessions while he's on the floor (lower is better)
- True shooting %65.4%91st
Scoring efficiency counting 3s and free throws
- Effective FG %59.7%79th
Field goal % with 3s worth 1.5 times a 2
- Assist-to-turnover0.6525th
Assists for every turnover
- Offensive rebound %19.3%6th
Share of his team's missed shots he rebounds while on the floor
- Free-throw rate54.3%80th
Free throws attempted per 100 field goal attempts
- Win shares per 40.15682nd
Wins he created per 40 minutes played
Players like Brant Byers
The closest matches among every forward in the country: all of last season's stats compared on the same scale, plus projected impact.
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+0.47 impact · 11.5 pts · 4 reb · 0.4 ast
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+1.00 impact · 10.7 pts · 5.6 reb · 0.7 ast
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+0.97 impact · 13.3 pts · 4.8 reb · 0.7 ast
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+0.86 impact · 21.7 pts · 4.7 reb · 1.2 ast
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+1.13 impact · 11.7 pts · 4.4 reb · 1.1 ast
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+0.82 impact · 13.3 pts · 3.9 reb · 0.9 ast
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Penn State teammates
Impact = how many points per game he adds to his team when he plays. 0 is an average player (Statboy's own number).