College Basketball · 2026-27 · Preseason
Keanu Dawes
Kansas · Forward · Senior · 6-9 · #8
Transfer from Utah
- #71 forward in the country
- #73 in the transfer portal
Projected role · 2026-27
Projected starter (about 19 minutes a game) at Kansas, as a rebounder: a smaller role than he had at Utah (30.7 min).
- Projected minutes
- 19
- 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 Utah: 32 games, 32 starts, 30.7 minutes a game.
- Points per game12.583rd
- Rebounds per game8.897th
- Assists per game2.292nd
- Steals per game0.542nd
- Blocks per game0.440th
- Turnovers per game1.814th
- Field goal %54.6%(148-271)71st
- 3-point %31.7%(32-101)56th
- Free throw %72.4%(71-98)67th
Last season: advanced
Percentiles compare him with every Division I forward who played 300+ minutes.
- Usage rate19.5%style
Share of his team's possessions he ends (shot, free throws or turnover) while on the floor
- Offensive rating120.176th
Points he produces per 100 possessions he uses
- Defensive rating116.08th
Points allowed per 100 possessions while he's on the floor (lower is better)
- True shooting %63.5%85th
Scoring efficiency counting 3s and free throws
- Effective FG %60.5%82nd
Field goal % with 3s worth 1.5 times a 2
- Assist-to-turnover1.1973rd
Assists for every turnover
- Offensive rebound %22.4%11th
Share of his team's missed shots he rebounds while on the floor
- Free-throw rate36.2%45th
Free throws attempted per 100 field goal attempts
- Win shares per 40.11454th
Wins he created per 40 minutes played
Players like Keanu Dawes
The closest matches among every forward in the country: all of last season's stats compared on the same scale, plus projected impact.
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+1.06 impact · 11.5 pts · 4.3 reb · 2.2 ast
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+1.21 impact · 13.7 pts · 5.6 reb · 1.6 ast
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+0.77 impact · 17.9 pts · 11.5 reb · 2.4 ast
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+1.14 impact · 13.7 pts · 7.1 reb · 2.3 ast
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+2.74 impact · 13.3 pts · 8 reb · 2.6 ast
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+0.50 impact · 13.9 pts · 5.2 reb · 2.5 ast
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Kansas teammates
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- Taylen Kinney#326 · G · Freshman · #22 recruit
- Dennis Parker Jr.#682 · G · Transfer from Radford
- Paul Mbiya#1137 · C · Returning
- Davion Adkins#1532 · F · Freshman · #70 recruit
Impact = how many points per game he adds to his team when he plays. 0 is an average player (Statboy's own number).