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College Basketball · 2026-27 · Preseason

Darius Adams

NC State · Guard · Sophomore · 6-5 · #11

Transfer from Maryland

#2992Overall
-0.28Projected impact
  • #1676 guard in the country
  • #1461 in the transfer portal

Projected role · 2026-27

Projected rotation player (about 16 minutes a game) at NC State, as a primary scorer: a smaller role than he had at Maryland (25.6 min).

Projected minutes
16
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 Maryland: 33 games, 28 starts, 25.6 minutes a game.

  • Points per game10.864th
  • Rebounds per game3.467th
  • Assists per game1.647th
  • Steals per game0.519th
  • Blocks per game0.263rd
  • Turnovers per game2.017th
  • Field goal %35.4%(111-314)10th
  • 3-point %24.6%(33-134)10th
  • Free throw %71.4%(100-140)31st

Last season: advanced

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

  • Usage rate26.7%style

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

  • Offensive rating97.112th

    Points he produces per 100 possessions he uses

  • Defensive rating117.310th

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

  • True shooting %47.3%10th

    Scoring efficiency counting 3s and free throws

  • Effective FG %40.6%6th

    Field goal % with 3s worth 1.5 times a 2

  • Assist-to-turnover0.8312th

    Assists for every turnover

  • Offensive rebound %24.8%64th

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

  • Free-throw rate44.6%83rd

    Free throws attempted per 100 field goal attempts

  • Win shares per 40.0288th

    Wins he created per 40 minutes played

Players like Darius Adams

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

  • Akai Fleming

    Cincinnati · G · Sophomore

    77%match

    Transfer from Georgia Tech

    -0.18 impact · 10.4 pts · 3.2 reb · 1.3 ast

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  • Donald Hand Jr.

    Loyola Chicago · G · Senior

    76%match

    Transfer from Boston College

    -0.37 impact · 12.4 pts · 4.4 reb · 1.3 ast

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  • Amaree Brown

    Alabama State · G · Senior

    76%match

    Transfer from Southern Indiana

    -0.25 impact · 13.8 pts · 2.8 reb · 1.2 ast

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  • Hussain Williams

    Coppin State · G · Senior

    73%match

    Returning

    -0.38 impact · 7.3 pts · 2.4 reb · 0.8 ast

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  • Jaden Zimmerman

    Grand Canyon · G · Junior

    72%match

    Transfer from Quinnipiac

    -0.29 impact · 15.1 pts · 2.5 reb · 2.3 ast

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  • Najimi George

    Samford · G · Junior

    72%match

    Transfer from New Haven

    -0.41 impact · 11.2 pts · 3.6 reb · 1.6 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).