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College Basketball · 2026-27 · Preseason

Dez Lindsay

Kansas State · Forward · Senior · 6-6 · #4

Transfer from Oregon

#1397Overall
+0.08Projected impact
  • #577 forward in the country
  • #790 in the transfer portal

Projected role · 2026-27

Projected starter (about 19 minutes a game) at Kansas State: a role like the one he had at Oregon (20.5 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 Oregon: 32 games, 8 starts, 20.5 minutes a game.

  • Points per game5.329th
  • Rebounds per game2.818th
  • Assists per game1.576th
  • Steals per game0.872nd
  • Blocks per game0.216th
  • Turnovers per game0.871st
  • Field goal %40.3%(62-154)11th
  • 3-point %32.8%(19-58)60th
  • Free throw %58.3%(28-48)23rd

Last season: advanced

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

  • Usage rate16.0%style

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

  • Offensive rating103.619th

    Points he produces per 100 possessions he uses

  • Defensive rating112.023rd

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

  • True shooting %48.8%7th

    Scoring efficiency counting 3s and free throws

  • Effective FG %46.4%11th

    Field goal % with 3s worth 1.5 times a 2

  • Assist-to-turnover1.8194th

    Assists for every turnover

  • Offensive rebound %30.3%39th

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

  • Free-throw rate31.2%33rd

    Free throws attempted per 100 field goal attempts

  • Win shares per 40.06115th

    Wins he created per 40 minutes played

Players like Dez Lindsay

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

  • Aiden Miller

    Houston Christian · F · Junior

    81%match

    Transfer from IU Indianapolis

    -0.02 impact · 5 pts · 3.8 reb · 1 ast

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  • Dane Christensen

    Tennessee Tech · F · Junior

    75%match

    Transfer from UT Rio Grande Valley

    +0.07 impact · 3.7 pts · 2.5 reb · 0.9 ast

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  • Isaiah Abraham

    Kansas State · F · Junior

    72%match

    Transfer from Georgetown

    +0.03 impact · 4.8 pts · 2.9 reb · 0.7 ast

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  • Damarius Owens

    Marquette · F · Junior

    72%match

    Returning

    +0.12 impact · 4.8 pts · 2.6 reb · 0.7 ast

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  • Elias Rapieque

    Loyola Chicago · F · Senior

    71%match

    Transfer from Kansas State

    +0.30 impact · 3.7 pts · 2.5 reb · 1.5 ast

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  • Jaylin Stewart

    SMU · F · Senior

    70%match

    Transfer from UConn

    +0.39 impact · 4.2 pts · 2.6 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).