
College Basketball · 2026-27 · Preseason
Kayden Fish
Belmont · Forward · Senior · 6-6 · #11
Transfer from Ball State
- #759 forward in the country
- #1002 in the transfer portal
- #1120 mid-major player
Projected role · 2026-27
Projected starter (about 14 minutes a game) at Belmont: a role like the one he had at Ball State (18.4 min).
- Projected minutes
- 14
- Spot in the rotation
- #5
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 Ball State: 23 games, 6 starts, 18.4 minutes a game.
MM # = his rank among the 464 mid-major forwardson this season's rosters (300+ minutes last season).
- Points per game7.246thMM #206
- Rebounds per game3.226thMM #314
- Assists per game0.625thMM #304
- Steals per game0.763rdMM #132
- Blocks per game0.216thMM #339
- Turnovers per game1.053rdMM #228
- Field goal %48.9%(64-131)48thMM #215
- 3-point %31.8%(7-22)57thMM #188
- Free throw %66.0%(31-47)44thMM #238
Last season: advanced
Percentiles compare him with every Division I forward who played 300+ minutes.
MM # = his rank among the 464 mid-major forwardson this season's rosters (300+ minutes last season).
- Usage rate21.6%style
Share of his team's possessions he ends (shot, free throws or turnover) while on the floor
- Offensive rating106.226thMM #297
Points he produces per 100 possessions he uses
- Defensive rating109.139thMM #272
Points allowed per 100 possessions while he's on the floor (lower is better)
- True shooting %54.7%31stMM #292
Scoring efficiency counting 3s and free throws
- Effective FG %51.5%33rdMM #276
Field goal % with 3s worth 1.5 times a 2
- Assist-to-turnover0.5921stMM #353
Assists for every turnover
- Offensive rebound %49.3%96thMM #27
Share of his team's missed shots he rebounds while on the floor
- Free-throw rate35.9%44thMM #248
Free throws attempted per 100 field goal attempts
- Win shares per 40.09438thMM #248
Wins he created per 40 minutes played
Players like Kayden Fish
The closest matches among every forward in the country: all of last season's stats compared on the same scale, plus projected impact.
Transfer from Monmouth
-0.09 impact · 8 pts · 3.9 reb · 1.3 ast
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-0.07 impact · 6.1 pts · 2.9 reb · 0.4 ast
CompareTransfer from UMass Lowell
-0.13 impact · 8.5 pts · 2.8 reb · 0.4 ast
CompareTransfer from Rutgers
+0.17 impact · 9.5 pts · 4.2 reb · 0.5 ast
CompareReturning
-0.05 impact · 6.2 pts · 3.4 reb · 0.6 ast
CompareTransfer from Alabama State
-0.11 impact · 6.8 pts · 3.7 reb · 0.7 ast
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Belmont teammates
Jack Smiley#460 · G · Returning
Eoin Dillon#483 · F · Returning
Jabez Jenkins#679 · G · Returning
Vincent Neugebauer#1461 · C · Transfer from Florida Atlantic
Isaiah West#1769 · G · Returning
Cooper Haynes#1852 · G · Returning
Matthew Zobrist#2012 · G · Transfer from Bradley
Graydon Lemke#2118 · F · Returning
Impact = how many points per game he adds to his team when he plays. 0 is an average player (Statboy's own number).