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College Basketball · 2026-27 · Preseason

Jackson Holcombe

Utah · Guard · Junior · 6-6 · #2

Transfer from Utah Valley

#46Overall
+1.97Projected impact
  • #17 guard in the country
  • #17 in the transfer portal

Projected role · 2026-27

Projected starter (about 27 minutes a game) at Utah, as a primary scorer and ball hawk: a role like the one he had at Utah Valley (30.1 min).

Projected minutes
27
Spot in the rotation
#1

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 Valley: 34 games, 34 starts, 30.1 minutes a game.

  • Points per game16.090th
  • Rebounds per game7.099th
  • Assists per game3.687th
  • Steals per game2.299th
  • Blocks per game1.399th
  • Turnovers per game2.48th
  • Field goal %53.0%(201-379)97th
  • 3-point %16.2%(6-37)2nd
  • Free throw %67.8%(135-199)21st

Last season: advanced

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

  • Usage rate26.4%style

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

  • Offensive rating117.374th

    Points he produces per 100 possessions he uses

  • Defensive rating93.899th

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

  • True shooting %58.2%77th

    Scoring efficiency counting 3s and free throws

  • Effective FG %53.8%75th

    Field goal % with 3s worth 1.5 times a 2

  • Assist-to-turnover1.5257th

    Assists for every turnover

  • Offensive rebound %33.3%88th

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

  • Free-throw rate52.5%92nd

    Free throws attempted per 100 field goal attempts

  • Win shares per 40.21999th

    Wins he created per 40 minutes played

Players like Jackson Holcombe

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

  • Jadis Jones

    USC · G · Junior

    83%match

    Transfer from Lindenwood

    +0.83 impact · 15.2 pts · 8.4 reb · 2.5 ast

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  • Javontae Campbell

    Cincinnati · G · Senior

    82%match

    Transfer from Bowling Green

    +1.44 impact · 18.7 pts · 4.5 reb · 5.1 ast

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  • Chance Westry

    Xavier · G · Senior

    78%match

    Transfer from UAB

    +1.60 impact · 15.5 pts · 3.8 reb · 5.6 ast

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  • Nolan Minessale

    Marquette · G · Junior

    76%match

    Transfer from St. Thomas-Minnesota

    +1.84 impact · 19.8 pts · 4.6 reb · 4.3 ast

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  • Nils Cooper

    UC Irvine · G · Senior

    76%match

    Transfer from UC Davis

    +0.96 impact · 12.3 pts · 4.6 reb · 1.9 ast

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  • Cedric Taylor III

    Howard · G · Senior

    74%match

    Returning

    +0.91 impact · 17 pts · 6.7 reb · 3.1 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).