College Basketball · 2026-27 · Preseason

Jaylen Carey

Missouri · Forward · Senior · 6-8 · #23

Transfer from Tennessee

#171Overall

+1.19Projected impact

#74 forward in the country
#77 in the transfer portal

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Projected role · 2026-27

Projected starter (about 22 minutes a game) at Missouri, as a secondary scorer: a role like the one he had at Tennessee (18.4 min).

Projected minutes: 22
Spot in the rotation: #4

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 Tennessee: 37 games, 8 starts, 18.4 minutes a game.

Points per game7.448th
Rebounds per game6.080th
Assists per game1.369th
Steals per game0.315th
Blocks per game0.16th
Turnovers per game0.962nd
Field goal %48.7%(110-226)47th
3-point %0.0%(0-5)10th
Free throw %49.1%(54-110)8th

Last season: advanced

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

Usage rate22.0%style
Share of his team's possessions he ends (shot, free throws or turnover) while on the floor
Offensive rating112.448th
Points he produces per 100 possessions he uses
Defensive rating104.369th
Points allowed per 100 possessions while he's on the floor (lower is better)
True shooting %49.9%10th
Scoring efficiency counting 3s and free throws
Effective FG %48.7%19th
Field goal % with 3s worth 1.5 times a 2
Assist-to-turnover1.4184th
Assists for every turnover
Offensive rebound %46.4%93rd
Share of his team's missed shots he rebounds while on the floor
Free-throw rate48.7%71st
Free throws attempted per 100 field goal attempts
Win shares per 40.13570th
Wins he created per 40 minutes played

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

Gavin Walsh
UNC Wilmington · F · Senior
66%match
Returning
+0.66 impact · 9.5 pts · 6.5 reb · 0.9 ast
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Josiah Parker
Georgetown · F · Sophomore
65%match
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+0.59 impact · 9.6 pts · 6 reb · 1.2 ast
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Nikos Chitikoudis
Xavier · F · Senior
65%match
Transfer from Robert Morris
+0.79 impact · 11.4 pts · 7.7 reb · 1.8 ast
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Ian Smikle
Northern Iowa · F · Junior
64%match
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+0.35 impact · 3.1 pts · 3.7 reb · 1 ast
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George Natsvlishvili
Winthrop · F · Senior
61%match
Transfer from North Dakota
+0.11 impact · 8 pts · 4.9 reb · 1.1 ast
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Connor Igoe
Columbia · F · Sophomore
61%match
Returning
+0.53 impact · 8.3 pts · 5.6 reb · 2.9 ast
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Missouri teammates

Impact = how many points per game he adds to his team when he plays. 0 is an average player (Statboy's own number).