College Basketball · 2026-27 · Preseason
Ethan Copeland
Virginia Tech · Guard · Senior · 6-2 · #1
Transfer from Stetson
- #762 guard in the country
- #848 in the transfer portal
Projected role · 2026-27
Projected bench piece (about 16 minutes a game) at Virginia Tech, as a secondary scorer and floor spacer: a smaller role than he had at Stetson (32.1 min).
- Projected minutes
- 16
- Spot in the rotation
- #9
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 Stetson: 33 games, 33 starts, 32.1 minutes a game.
- Points per game15.087th
- Rebounds per game3.773rd
- Assists per game2.162nd
- Steals per game1.590th
- Blocks per game0.138th
- Turnovers per game1.346th
- Field goal %44.1%(168-381)66th
- 3-point %42.9%(109-254)95th
- Free throw %79.4%(50-63)63rd
Last season: advanced
Percentiles compare him with every Division I guard who played 300+ minutes.
- Usage rate22.2%style
Share of his team's possessions he ends (shot, free throws or turnover) while on the floor
- Offensive rating118.477th
Points he produces per 100 possessions he uses
- Defensive rating116.014th
Points allowed per 100 possessions while he's on the floor (lower is better)
- True shooting %60.6%87th
Scoring efficiency counting 3s and free throws
- Effective FG %58.4%92nd
Field goal % with 3s worth 1.5 times a 2
- Assist-to-turnover1.5558th
Assists for every turnover
- Offensive rebound %10.7%9th
Share of his team's missed shots he rebounds while on the floor
- Free-throw rate16.5%12th
Free throws attempted per 100 field goal attempts
- Win shares per 40.11059th
Wins he created per 40 minutes played
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The closest matches among every guard in the country: all of last season's stats compared on the same scale, plus projected impact.
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+0.15 impact · 13.1 pts · 3.2 reb · 2.3 ast
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+0.11 impact · 12.9 pts · 4.8 reb · 2.1 ast
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+0.07 impact · 14.5 pts · 3.5 reb · 2.4 ast
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+0.44 impact · 11.9 pts · 2.2 reb · 2.5 ast
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+0.23 impact · 16 pts · 3.2 reb · 2 ast
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-0.11 impact · 14.4 pts · 2.8 reb · 2.4 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).