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College Basketball · 2026-27 · Preseason

Dez White

Temple · Guard · Senior · 6-2 · #2

Transfer from Oregon State

#2018Overall
-0.07Projected impact
  • #1036 guard in the country
  • #1068 in the transfer portal
  • #1270 mid-major player

Projected role · 2026-27

Projected starter (about 20 minutes a game) at Temple, as a floor spacer: a smaller role than he had at Oregon State (29.6 min).

Projected minutes
20
Spot in the rotation
#3

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 State: 30 games, 28 starts, 29.6 minutes a game.

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

  • Points per game9.756thMM #305
  • Rebounds per game2.746thMM #405
  • Assists per game2.162ndMM #266
  • Steals per game0.957thMM #289
  • Blocks per game0.138thMM #372
  • Turnovers per game1.346thMM #453
  • Field goal %37.6%(96-255)19thMM #662
  • 3-point %37.9%(66-174)78thMM #170
  • Free throw %79.1%(34-43)62ndMM #284

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 rate19.1%style

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

  • Offensive rating105.233rdMM #508

    Points he produces per 100 possessions he uses

  • Defensive rating112.730thMM #570

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

  • True shooting %53.3%41stMM #453

    Scoring efficiency counting 3s and free throws

  • Effective FG %50.6%53rdMM #357

    Field goal % with 3s worth 1.5 times a 2

  • Assist-to-turnover1.6664thMM #262

    Assists for every turnover

  • Offensive rebound %9.8%7thMM #789

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

  • Free-throw rate16.9%13thMM #726

    Free throws attempted per 100 field goal attempts

  • Win shares per 40.06726thMM #567

    Wins he created per 40 minutes played

Players like Dez White

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

  • Jeremy Dent-Smith

    Saint Mary's · G · Senior

    77%match

    Transfer from Stanford

    -0.02 impact · 8.2 pts · 1.7 reb · 1.5 ast

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  • Caleb Blackwell

    Tarleton State · G · Senior

    74%match

    Transfer from UTEP

    -0.15 impact · 10.6 pts · 2.6 reb · 2.9 ast

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  • Braeden Shrewsberry

    Notre Dame · G · Senior

    72%match

    Returning

    +0.20 impact · 11.9 pts · 3.1 reb · 1.9 ast

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  • Eddie Placer

    North Florida · G · Senior

    72%match

    Transfer from Wagner

    -0.30 impact · 8.5 pts · 2.4 reb · 1.3 ast

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  • Nojus Indrusaitis

    California · G · Junior

    71%match

    Transfer from Pittsburgh

    +0.12 impact · 9.1 pts · 3.1 reb · 1.7 ast

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  • John Awoke

    Morgan State · G · Senior

    71%match

    Transfer from Wagner

    -0.31 impact · 7.1 pts · 3 reb · 2 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).