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College Basketball · 2026-27 · Preseason

Jordan Clayton

Massachusetts · Guard · Senior · 6-2 · #3

Transfer from Northwestern

#1273Overall
+0.11Projected impact
  • #647 guard in the country
  • #723 in the transfer portal
  • #655 mid-major player

Projected role · 2026-27

Projected starter (about 21 minutes a game) at Massachusetts: a role like the one he had at Northwestern (18.3 min).

Projected minutes
21
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 Northwestern: 31 games, 10 starts, 18.3 minutes a game.

MM # = his rank among the 841 mid-major guardson this season's rosters (300+ minutes last season).

  • Points per game3.910thMM #740
  • Rebounds per game1.716thMM #675
  • Assists per game1.439thMM #459
  • Steals per game0.519thMM #627
  • Blocks per game0.263rdMM #212
  • Turnovers per game0.592ndMM #52
  • Field goal %41.2%(40-97)46thMM #432
  • 3-point %41.0%(32-78)91stMM #72
  • Free throw %53.3%(8-15)3rdMM #811

Last season: advanced

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

MM # = his rank among the 841 mid-major guardson this season's rosters (300+ minutes last season).

  • Usage rate11.3%style

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

  • Offensive rating115.669thMM #207

    Points he produces per 100 possessions he uses

  • Defensive rating112.134thMM #537

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

  • True shooting %57.9%74thMM #197

    Scoring efficiency counting 3s and free throws

  • Effective FG %57.7%90thMM #82

    Field goal % with 3s worth 1.5 times a 2

  • Assist-to-turnover3.0097thMM #19

    Assists for every turnover

  • Offensive rebound %9.4%6thMM #793

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

  • Free-throw rate15.5%10thMM #751

    Free throws attempted per 100 field goal attempts

  • Win shares per 40.07129thMM #532

    Wins he created per 40 minutes played

Players like Jordan Clayton

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

  • Chadlyn Traylor

    Wright State · G · Sophomore

    72%match

    Transfer from Charleston

    -0.03 impact · 3.8 pts · 1 reb · 2 ast

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  • Chris Johnson

    Oregon State · G · Senior

    70%match

    Transfer from UCF

    +0.41 impact · 6.2 pts · 1.4 reb · 1.9 ast

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  • Eli Shetlar

    Drake · G · Junior

    69%match

    Returning

    +0.23 impact · 9.1 pts · 4.3 reb · 1.3 ast

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  • Jamari McDowell

    Wake Forest · G · Junior

    69%match

    Transfer from Kansas

    +0.03 impact · 3.3 pts · 1.6 reb · 1.1 ast

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  • Jaden Schutt

    Kansas State · G · Senior

    67%match

    Transfer from Virginia Tech

    +0.07 impact · 7.7 pts · 1.6 reb · 0.9 ast

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  • Caleb Hollenbeck

    Tennessee Tech · G · Senior

    66%match

    Transfer from Marshall

    -0.03 impact · 5.7 pts · 1.6 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).