
College Basketball · 2026-27 · Preseason
Elijah Perryman
Cincinnati · Guard · Sophomore · 6-2 · #1
Transfer from Utah State
- #244 guard in the country
- #262 in the transfer portal
Projected role · 2026-27
Projected bench piece (about 18 minutes a game) at Cincinnati, as a lead playmaker: a role like the one he had at Utah State (13.9 min).
- Projected minutes
- 18
- Spot in the rotation
- #10
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 Utah State: 36 games, 1 starts, 13.9 minutes a game.
- Points per game4.414th
- Rebounds per game1.613th
- Assists per game3.182nd
- Steals per game0.848th
- Blocks per game0.263rd
- Turnovers per game1.441st
- Field goal %43.9%(58-132)65th
- 3-point %29.6%(16-54)25th
- Free throw %80.0%(28-35)66th
Last season: advanced
Percentiles compare him with every Division I guard who played 300+ minutes.
- Usage rate20.2%style
Share of his team's possessions he ends (shot, free throws or turnover) while on the floor
- Offensive rating107.540th
Points he produces per 100 possessions he uses
- Defensive rating102.487th
Points allowed per 100 possessions while he's on the floor (lower is better)
- True shooting %54.3%49th
Scoring efficiency counting 3s and free throws
- Effective FG %50.0%49th
Field goal % with 3s worth 1.5 times a 2
- Assist-to-turnover2.2085th
Assists for every turnover
- Offensive rebound %5.4%1st
Share of his team's missed shots he rebounds while on the floor
- Free-throw rate26.5%39th
Free throws attempted per 100 field goal attempts
- Win shares per 40.12067th
Wins he created per 40 minutes played
Players like Elijah Perryman
The closest matches among every guard in the country: all of last season's stats compared on the same scale, plus projected impact.
Transfer from Washington
+0.58 impact · 5.2 pts · 2.1 reb · 3.2 ast
CompareTransfer from Long Beach State
+0.22 impact · 8.1 pts · 3.6 reb · 2.6 ast
CompareReturning
+0.25 impact · 7.9 pts · 2.4 reb · 2.1 ast
CompareTransfer from Morehead State
0.00 impact · 7.5 pts · 1.7 reb · 3.3 ast
CompareTransfer from East Tennessee State
+0.16 impact · 9.3 pts · 2.6 reb · 2.8 ast
CompareReturning
+0.67 impact · 8.3 pts · 2.9 reb · 1.8 ast
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Cincinnati teammates
MJ Collins Jr.#65 · G · Transfer from Utah State
Javontae Campbell#113 · G · Transfer from Bowling Green
Tylen Riley#121 · G · Transfer from Tulsa
Riley Allenspach#174 · F · Transfer from George Mason
Eric Mahaffey#208 · G · Transfer from Akron
Trevian Carson#253 · G · Transfer from North Dakota State
Tyler Tejada#476 · F · Transfer from Towson
Jayden Hastings#535 · F · Transfer from Boston College
Impact = how many points per game he adds to his team when he plays. 0 is an average player (Statboy's own number).