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College Basketball · 2026-27 · Preseason

Devon Malcolm

UC Riverside · Guard · Senior · 6-5 · #12

Transfer from California Baptist

#990Overall
+0.22Projected impact
  • #496 guard in the country
  • #573 in the transfer portal
  • #442 mid-major player

Projected role · 2026-27

Projected starter (about 19 minutes a game) at UC Riverside, as a secondary scorer: a bigger role than he had at California Baptist (13.7 min).

Projected minutes
19
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 California Baptist: 33 games, 15 starts, 13.7 minutes a game.

MM # = his rank among the 841 mid-major guardson this season's rosters (300+ minutes last season).

  • Points per game5.725thMM #604
  • Rebounds per game3.467thMM #238
  • Assists per game0.56thMM #772
  • Steals per game1.171stMM #177
  • Blocks per game0.379thMM #118
  • Turnovers per game0.971stMM #233
  • Field goal %44.3%(66-149)67thMM #258
  • 3-point %30.3%(10-33)28thMM #575
  • Free throw %61.8%(47-76)9thMM #746

Last season: advanced

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

MM # = his rank among the 841 mid-major guardson this season's rosters (300+ minutes last season).

  • Usage rate23.3%style

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

  • Offensive rating106.537thMM #464

    Points he produces per 100 possessions he uses

  • Defensive rating93.099thMM #5

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

  • True shooting %51.8%30thMM #546

    Scoring efficiency counting 3s and free throws

  • Effective FG %47.7%32ndMM #532

    Field goal % with 3s worth 1.5 times a 2

  • Assist-to-turnover0.604thMM #801

    Assists for every turnover

  • Offensive rebound %43.2%98thMM #22

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

  • Free-throw rate51.0%90thMM #85

    Free throws attempted per 100 field goal attempts

  • Win shares per 40.15989thMM #56

    Wins he created per 40 minutes played

Players like Devon Malcolm

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

  • Tyrell Ward

    VCU · G · Senior

    80%match

    Returning

    +0.17 impact · 5.7 pts · 2.2 reb · 0.5 ast

    Compare
  • Elijah Fisher

    Seton Hall · G · Senior

    74%match

    Returning

    +0.30 impact · 6.6 pts · 2.9 reb · 0.8 ast

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  • Tyran Mason

    East Tennessee State · G · Junior

    73%match

    Transfer from UT Arlington

    +0.09 impact · 6.5 pts · 3.6 reb · 0.6 ast

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  • Miles Franklin

    Columbia · G · Sophomore

    71%match

    Returning

    +0.12 impact · 9.5 pts · 4.2 reb · 0.9 ast

    Compare
  • Jace Posey

    UT Rio Grande Valley · G · Junior

    71%match

    Transfer from TCU

    +0.20 impact · 4.6 pts · 2.3 reb · 0.2 ast

    Compare
  • Timoty van der Knaap

    Bradley · G · Junior

    71%match

    Returning

    +0.11 impact · 6.5 pts · 4.8 reb · 0.4 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).