College Basketball · 2026-27 · Preseason
Jake West
Northwestern · Guard · Sophomore · 6-3 · #3
Returning
- #612 guard in the country
Projected role · 2026-27
Projected starter (about 21 minutes a game) at Northwestern. Similar role to last season.
- Projected minutes
- 21
- Spot in the rotation
- #2
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 Northwestern: 33 games, 17 starts, 21.8 minutes a game.
- Points per game5.321st
- Rebounds per game0.81st
- Assists per game2.876th
- Steals per game0.629th
- Blocks per game0.263rd
- Turnovers per game1.065th
- Field goal %40.3%(62-154)38th
- 3-point %36.4%(28-77)68th
- Free throw %77.4%(24-31)54th
Last season: advanced
Percentiles compare him with every Division I guard who played 300+ minutes.
- Usage rate15.1%style
Share of his team's possessions he ends (shot, free throws or turnover) while on the floor
- Offensive rating107.641st
Points he produces per 100 possessions he uses
- Defensive rating115.715th
Points allowed per 100 possessions while he's on the floor (lower is better)
- True shooting %52.5%35th
Scoring efficiency counting 3s and free throws
- Effective FG %49.4%44th
Field goal % with 3s worth 1.5 times a 2
- Assist-to-turnover2.8596th
Assists for every turnover
- Offensive rebound %18.5%37th
Share of his team's missed shots he rebounds while on the floor
- Free-throw rate20.1%20th
Free throws attempted per 100 field goal attempts
- Win shares per 40.05620th
Wins he created per 40 minutes played
Players like Jake West
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 Penn State
+0.05 impact · 6.6 pts · 2.2 reb · 1.6 ast
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+0.29 impact · 7.5 pts · 2.9 reb · 2.5 ast
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+0.12 impact · 4.9 pts · 1.1 reb · 1.6 ast
CompareTransfer from DePaul
-0.03 impact · 6.6 pts · 2.4 reb · 2.4 ast
CompareTransfer from UCF
+0.41 impact · 6.2 pts · 1.4 reb · 1.9 ast
CompareReturning
+0.05 impact · 9.4 pts · 2 reb · 3.2 ast
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Northwestern teammates
Jack Karasinski#318 · F · Transfer from Bellarmine- Angelo Ciaravino#467 · G · Returning
- LA Pratt#620 · G · Transfer from Northeastern
- Okku Federiko#661 · F · Transfer from Drake
- Colin Smith#822 · F · Transfer from UC Santa Barbara
- Luke McEldon#909 · F · Transfer from Mount St. Mary's
- Ryan Soulis#1058 · F · Transfer from Columbia
- Dylan Williams#1621 · G · Transfer from Pennsylvania
Impact = how many points per game he adds to his team when he plays. 0 is an average player (Statboy's own number).