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College Basketball · 2026-27 · Preseason

Leroy Blyden Jr.

Kansas · Guard · Sophomore · 6-1 · #2

Transfer from Toledo

#200Overall
+1.11Projected impact
  • #85 guard in the country
  • #95 in the transfer portal

Projected role · 2026-27

Projected starter (about 19 minutes a game) at Kansas, as a secondary scorer and lead playmaker: a smaller role than he had at Toledo (33.4 min).

Projected minutes
19
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 Toledo: 34 games, 32 starts, 33.4 minutes a game.

  • Points per game16.492nd
  • Rebounds per game4.079th
  • Assists per game4.293rd
  • Steals per game1.896th
  • Blocks per game0.379th
  • Turnovers per game1.920th
  • Field goal %46.3%(192-415)80th
  • 3-point %41.0%(77-188)91st
  • Free throw %85.2%(98-115)86th

Last season: advanced

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

  • Usage rate23.5%style

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

  • Offensive rating122.387th

    Points he produces per 100 possessions he uses

  • Defensive rating109.352nd

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

  • True shooting %60.0%84th

    Scoring efficiency counting 3s and free throws

  • Effective FG %55.5%83rd

    Field goal % with 3s worth 1.5 times a 2

  • Assist-to-turnover2.2587th

    Assists for every turnover

  • Offensive rebound %18.4%36th

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

  • Free-throw rate27.7%43rd

    Free throws attempted per 100 field goal attempts

  • Win shares per 40.16289th

    Wins he created per 40 minutes played

Players like Leroy Blyden Jr.

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

  • Jalen Cox

    USC · G · Senior

    82%match

    Transfer from Colgate

    +1.00 impact · 17.9 pts · 5.2 reb · 5.3 ast

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  • Tyler Tanner

    Vanderbilt · G · Junior

    80%match

    Returning

    +3.73 impact · 19.5 pts · 3.6 reb · 5.1 ast

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  • Tavari Johnson

    Charleston · G · Senior

    79%match

    Transfer from Akron

    +1.96 impact · 19.7 pts · 2.9 reb · 5 ast

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  • Cruz Davis

    Texas Tech · G · Senior

    78%match

    Transfer from Hofstra

    +1.09 impact · 20.1 pts · 3.7 reb · 4.6 ast

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  • Xzayvier Brown

    Oklahoma · G · Senior

    78%match

    Returning

    +1.23 impact · 15.4 pts · 3.2 reb · 3.3 ast

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  • B.J. Edwards

    Oklahoma · G · Senior

    76%match

    Transfer from SMU

    +2.08 impact · 12.7 pts · 5.9 reb · 4.9 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).