College Basketball · 2026-27 · Preseason
Luke McEldon
Northwestern · Forward · Junior · 6-10 · #21
Transfer from Mount St. Mary's
- #386 forward in the country
- #512 in the transfer portal
Projected role · 2026-27
Projected rotation player (about 16 minutes a game) at Northwestern, as a secondary scorer: a smaller role than he had at Mount St. Mary's (25.6 min).
- Projected minutes
- 17
- Spot in the rotation
- #6
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 Mount St. Mary's: 30 games, 29 starts, 25.6 minutes a game.
- Points per game11.778th
- Rebounds per game6.282nd
- Assists per game1.369th
- Steals per game0.428th
- Blocks per game0.661st
- Turnovers per game1.911th
- Field goal %64.5%(160-248)94th
- 3-point %0.0%(0-4)10th
- Free throw %42.1%(32-76)3rd
Last season: advanced
Percentiles compare him with every Division I forward who played 300+ minutes.
- Usage rate22.7%style
Share of his team's possessions he ends (shot, free throws or turnover) while on the floor
- Offensive rating109.837th
Points he produces per 100 possessions he uses
- Defensive rating104.667th
Points allowed per 100 possessions while he's on the floor (lower is better)
- True shooting %62.5%81st
Scoring efficiency counting 3s and free throws
- Effective FG %64.5%93rd
Field goal % with 3s worth 1.5 times a 2
- Assist-to-turnover0.6929th
Assists for every turnover
- Offensive rebound %29.0%34th
Share of his team's missed shots he rebounds while on the floor
- Free-throw rate30.6%32nd
Free throws attempted per 100 field goal attempts
- Win shares per 40.12564th
Wins he created per 40 minutes played
Players like Luke McEldon
The closest matches among every forward in the country: all of last season's stats compared on the same scale, plus projected impact.
Returning
+0.29 impact · 10 pts · 4.4 reb · 1.1 ast
CompareTransfer from New Orleans
+0.42 impact · 8.4 pts · 5.7 reb · 0.5 ast
CompareTransfer from Middle Tennessee
+0.91 impact · 13.1 pts · 7.9 reb · 1.4 ast
CompareTransfer from Stonehill
-0.01 impact · 7.1 pts · 7.8 reb · 1 ast
CompareTransfer from South Dakota State
+0.89 impact · 13.9 pts · 6.4 reb · 1.2 ast
CompareTransfer from Central Connecticut
+0.26 impact · 12 pts · 7.2 reb · 0.9 ast
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Northwestern teammates
Jack Karasinski#318 · F · Transfer from Bellarmine- Angelo Ciaravino#467 · G · Returning
- LA Pratt#620 · G · Transfer from Northeastern
- Okku Federiko#661 · F · Transfer from Drake
- Colin Smith#822 · F · Transfer from UC Santa Barbara
- Ryan Soulis#1058 · F · Transfer from Columbia
- Jake West#1210 · G · Returning
- Dylan Williams#1621 · G · Transfer from Pennsylvania
Impact = how many points per game he adds to his team when he plays. 0 is an average player (Statboy's own number).