College Basketball · 2026-27 · Preseason
Cole Certa
Clemson · Guard · Junior · 6-5 · #1
Transfer from Notre Dame
- #406 guard in the country
- #455 in the transfer portal
Projected role · 2026-27
Projected starter (about 19 minutes a game) at Clemson, as a secondary scorer and floor spacer: a smaller role than he had at Notre Dame (26.9 min).
- Projected minutes
- 19
- Spot in the rotation
- #4
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 Notre Dame: 31 games, 16 starts, 26.9 minutes a game.
- Points per game12.877th
- Rebounds per game1.716th
- Assists per game0.815th
- Steals per game0.411th
- Blocks per game0.011th
- Turnovers per game0.782nd
- Field goal %37.4%(113-302)18th
- 3-point %36.7%(81-221)70th
- Free throw %89.2%(91-102)95th
Last season: advanced
Percentiles compare him with every Division I guard who played 300+ minutes.
- Usage rate22.9%style
Share of his team's possessions he ends (shot, free throws or turnover) while on the floor
- Offensive rating123.389th
Points he produces per 100 possessions he uses
- Defensive rating117.011th
Points allowed per 100 possessions while he's on the floor (lower is better)
- True shooting %57.4%71st
Scoring efficiency counting 3s and free throws
- Effective FG %50.8%55th
Field goal % with 3s worth 1.5 times a 2
- Assist-to-turnover1.2437th
Assists for every turnover
- Offensive rebound %24.1%61st
Share of his team's missed shots he rebounds while on the floor
- Free-throw rate33.8%60th
Free throws attempted per 100 field goal attempts
- Win shares per 40.12570th
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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+0.65 impact · 13.1 pts · 2.1 reb · 1.9 ast
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+0.09 impact · 10.2 pts · 1.9 reb · 1.1 ast
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-0.03 impact · 11.8 pts · 2 reb · 0.7 ast
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-0.08 impact · 8.2 pts · 1.9 reb · 0.9 ast
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+0.11 impact · 8.1 pts · 2.3 reb · 0.3 ast
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Clemson teammates
Dylan Faulkner#120 · F · Transfer from Samford- Carter Welling#131 · F · Returning
- David Fuchs#201 · F · Transfer from San Francisco
- Ace Buckner#446 · G · Returning
- Zac Foster#506 · G · Returning
- Liutauras Lelevicius#586 · F · Transfer from TCU
- Trent Steinour#1192 · F · Returning
- Chase Thompson#1850 · F · Returning
Impact = how many points per game he adds to his team when he plays. 0 is an average player (Statboy's own number).