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College Basketball · 2026-27 · Preseason

Grant Polk

South Carolina · Guard · Sophomore · 6-6 · #13

Returning

#2663Overall
-0.18Projected impact
  • #1439 guard in the country

Projected role · 2026-27

Projected rotation player (about 14 minutes a game) at South Carolina. Similar role to last season.

Projected minutes
14
Spot in the rotation
#7

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 South Carolina: 30 games, 0 starts, 12.9 minutes a game.

  • Points per game3.89th
  • Rebounds per game1.13rd
  • Assists per game0.11st
  • Steals per game0.21st
  • Blocks per game0.138th
  • Turnovers per game0.299th
  • Field goal %38.2%(39-102)22nd
  • 3-point %32.9%(26-79)44th
  • Free throw %90.9%(10-11)97th

Last season: advanced

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

  • Usage rate15.4%style

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

  • Offensive rating110.551st

    Points he produces per 100 possessions he uses

  • Defensive rating115.915th

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

  • True shooting %53.4%42nd

    Scoring efficiency counting 3s and free throws

  • Effective FG %51.0%56th

    Field goal % with 3s worth 1.5 times a 2

  • Assist-to-turnover0.573rd

    Assists for every turnover

  • Offensive rebound %47.1%99th

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

  • Free-throw rate10.8%4th

    Free throws attempted per 100 field goal attempts

  • Win shares per 40.06224th

    Wins he created per 40 minutes played

Players like Grant Polk

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

  • Aleksej Kostic

    Northwestern · G · Sophomore

    76%match

    Transfer from BYU

    -0.20 impact · 4.4 pts · 0.9 reb · 0.4 ast

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  • Brayden Shorter

    Murray State · G · Senior

    76%match

    Returning

    -0.18 impact · 5.8 pts · 1.8 reb · 0.5 ast

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  • Tamarion Hoover

    Jackson State · G · Junior

    75%match

    Returning

    -0.27 impact · 5.9 pts · 3.1 reb · 0.3 ast

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  • DaJohn Craig

    Coastal Carolina · G · Junior

    75%match

    Returning

    -0.17 impact · 4.5 pts · 1.6 reb · 0.4 ast

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  • Brewer Carruth

    Southern Miss · G · Junior

    73%match

    Returning

    -0.20 impact · 2.4 pts · 1.2 reb · 0.3 ast

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  • Jaxson Whitaker

    Central Michigan · G · Junior

    72%match

    Returning

    -0.27 impact · 5.4 pts · 1.3 reb · 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).