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College Basketball · 2026-27 · Preseason

Damon Wilkinson

Nebraska · Forward · Senior · 6-11 · #34

Transfer from South Dakota State

#298Overall
+0.89Projected impact
  • #124 forward in the country
  • #153 in the transfer portal

Projected role · 2026-27

Projected rotation player (about 16 minutes a game) at Nebraska, as a primary scorer: a smaller role than he had at South Dakota State (24.0 min).

Projected minutes
16
Spot in the rotation
#7

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 South Dakota State: 32 games, 19 starts, 24 minutes a game.

  • Points per game13.990th
  • Rebounds per game6.484th
  • Assists per game1.266th
  • Steals per game0.428th
  • Blocks per game0.875th
  • Turnovers per game1.718th
  • Field goal %58.9%(168-285)84th
  • 3-point %0.0%(0-1)10th
  • Free throw %72.0%(108-150)65th

Last season: advanced

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

  • Usage rate27.0%style

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

  • Offensive rating121.078th

    Points he produces per 100 possessions he uses

  • Defensive rating105.860th

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

  • True shooting %63.2%84th

    Scoring efficiency counting 3s and free throws

  • Effective FG %58.9%75th

    Field goal % with 3s worth 1.5 times a 2

  • Assist-to-turnover0.7434th

    Assists for every turnover

  • Offensive rebound %34.5%56th

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

  • Free-throw rate52.6%78th

    Free throws attempted per 100 field goal attempts

  • Win shares per 40.18893rd

    Wins he created per 40 minutes played

Players like Damon Wilkinson

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

  • Mike Nwoko

    Xavier · F · Senior

    81%match

    Transfer from LSU

    +1.65 impact · 13.5 pts · 5.9 reb · 0.8 ast

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  • Torey Alston

    VCU · F · Junior

    76%match

    Transfer from Middle Tennessee

    +0.91 impact · 13.1 pts · 7.9 reb · 1.4 ast

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  • Drew Fielder

    Alabama · F · Senior

    75%match

    Transfer from Boise State

    +1.53 impact · 14.7 pts · 5.7 reb · 1.2 ast

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  • JaJuan Nicholls

    Southern Utah · F · Junior

    74%match

    Transfer from Tennessee Tech

    +0.36 impact · 11.2 pts · 5.3 reb · 0.4 ast

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  • RJ Godfrey

    Arizona · F · Senior

    73%match

    Transfer from Clemson

    +1.74 impact · 12 pts · 5.3 reb · 1.6 ast

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  • Lazar Djokovic

    VCU · F · Senior

    73%match

    Returning

    +1.50 impact · 13.2 pts · 5.2 reb · 1.1 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).