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College Basketball · 2026-27 · Preseason

CJ Hyland

Denver · Guard · Junior · 5-11 · #11

Transfer from Western Carolina

#2182Overall
-0.10Projected impact
  • #1130 guard in the country
  • #1134 in the transfer portal
  • #1413 mid-major player

Projected role · 2026-27

Projected starter (about 15 minutes a game) at Denver, as a secondary scorer: a role like the one he had at Western Carolina (14.6 min).

Projected minutes
15
Spot in the rotation
#5

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 Western Carolina: 20 games, 4 starts, 14.6 minutes a game.

  • Points per game6.230th
  • Rebounds per game1.13rd
  • Assists per game1.127th
  • Steals per game0.629th
  • Blocks per game0.138th
  • Turnovers per game1.253rd
  • Field goal %40.9%(38-93)43rd
  • 3-point %42.1%(16-38)94th
  • Free throw %81.6%(31-38)73rd

Last season: advanced

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

  • Usage rate22.0%style

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

  • Offensive rating108.142nd

    Points he produces per 100 possessions he uses

  • Defensive rating115.616th

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

  • True shooting %56.1%62nd

    Scoring efficiency counting 3s and free throws

  • Effective FG %49.5%45th

    Field goal % with 3s worth 1.5 times a 2

  • Assist-to-turnover0.9618th

    Assists for every turnover

  • Offensive rebound %13.0%16th

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

  • Free-throw rate40.9%76th

    Free throws attempted per 100 field goal attempts

  • Win shares per 40.08236th

    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).