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College Basketball · 2026-27 · Preseason

Jaylen Petty

UCLA · Guard · Sophomore · 6-1 · #4

Transfer from Texas Tech

#323Overall
+0.86Projected impact
  • #157 guard in the country
  • #170 in the transfer portal

Projected role · 2026-27

Projected starter (about 24 minutes a game) at UCLA, as a floor spacer: a smaller role than he had at Texas Tech (30.4 min).

Projected minutes
24
Spot in the rotation
#3

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 Texas Tech: 33 games, 22 starts, 30.4 minutes a game.

  • Points per game9.957th
  • Rebounds per game3.978th
  • Assists per game2.264th
  • Steals per game0.629th
  • Blocks per game0.011th
  • Turnovers per game0.971st
  • Field goal %40.6%(110-271)40th
  • 3-point %37.5%(69-184)75th
  • Free throw %77.1%(37-48)53rd

Last season: advanced

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

  • Usage rate16.3%style

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

  • Offensive rating121.184th

    Points he produces per 100 possessions he uses

  • Defensive rating111.140th

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

  • True shooting %55.8%60th

    Scoring efficiency counting 3s and free throws

  • Effective FG %53.3%72nd

    Field goal % with 3s worth 1.5 times a 2

  • Assist-to-turnover2.3789th

    Assists for every turnover

  • Offensive rebound %16.3%28th

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

  • Free-throw rate17.7%15th

    Free throws attempted per 100 field goal attempts

  • Win shares per 40.11260th

    Wins he created per 40 minutes played

Players like Jaylen Petty

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

  • Layne Taylor

    Arkansas State · G · Junior

    74%match

    Transfer from Murray State

    +0.48 impact · 8 pts · 2.7 reb · 3.3 ast

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  • Jordan Ross

    California · G · Senior

    73%match

    Transfer from Georgia

    +0.72 impact · 6.7 pts · 2.5 reb · 2.3 ast

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  • Trey Autry

    Wisconsin · G · Senior

    70%match

    Transfer from George Washington

    +0.61 impact · 10.9 pts · 3.5 reb · 1.5 ast

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  • Cade Norris

    Samford · G · Junior

    69%match

    Returning

    +0.21 impact · 8.9 pts · 4.6 reb · 2.1 ast

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  • Jack Stanton

    Princeton · G · Junior

    69%match

    Returning

    +0.16 impact · 10.9 pts · 3.5 reb · 1.6 ast

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  • Braeden Shrewsberry

    Notre Dame · G · Senior

    69%match

    Returning

    +0.20 impact · 11.9 pts · 3.1 reb · 1.9 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).