College Basketball · 2026-27 · Preseason
MJ Collins Jr.
Cincinnati · Guard · Senior · 6-4 · #2
Transfer from Utah State
- #28 guard in the country
- #26 in the transfer portal
Projected role · 2026-27
Projected starter (about 26 minutes a game) at Cincinnati, as a secondary scorer and floor spacer: a role like the one he had at Utah State (30.8 min).
- Projected minutes
- 26
- Spot in the rotation
- #1
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 State: 36 games, 36 starts, 30.8 minutes a game.
- Points per game17.595th
- Rebounds per game2.540th
- Assists per game1.647th
- Steals per game0.957th
- Blocks per game0.138th
- Turnovers per game1.065th
- Field goal %48.7%(212-435)89th
- 3-point %36.1%(82-227)66th
- Free throw %81.0%(124-153)70th
Last season: advanced
Percentiles compare him with every Division I guard who played 300+ minutes.
- Usage rate24.9%style
Share of his team's possessions he ends (shot, free throws or turnover) while on the floor
- Offensive rating129.297th
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 %62.7%93rd
Scoring efficiency counting 3s and free throws
- Effective FG %58.2%91st
Field goal % with 3s worth 1.5 times a 2
- Assist-to-turnover1.6161st
Assists for every turnover
- Offensive rebound %21.3%49th
Share of his team's missed shots he rebounds while on the floor
- Free-throw rate35.2%64th
Free throws attempted per 100 field goal attempts
- Win shares per 40.18896th
Wins he created per 40 minutes played
Players like MJ Collins Jr.
The closest matches among every guard in the country: all of last season's stats compared on the same scale, plus projected impact.
Returning
+1.50 impact · 16.4 pts · 3.2 reb · 1.6 ast
CompareTransfer from VCU
+1.70 impact · 15 pts · 2.7 reb · 2.8 ast
CompareTransfer from Santa Clara
+1.06 impact · 15.6 pts · 3 reb · 2.5 ast
CompareTransfer from Colorado
+1.67 impact · 16.9 pts · 2.8 reb · 3 ast
CompareTransfer from Siena
+0.99 impact · 18 pts · 6.9 reb · 2.2 ast
CompareReturning
+1.31 impact · 12.6 pts · 3 reb · 2.8 ast
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Cincinnati teammates
Javontae Campbell#113 · G · Transfer from Bowling Green- Tylen Riley#121 · G · Transfer from Tulsa
- Riley Allenspach#174 · F · Transfer from George Mason
- Eric Mahaffey#208 · G · Transfer from Akron
- Trevian Carson#253 · G · Transfer from North Dakota State
- Tyler Tejada#476 · F · Transfer from Towson
- Elijah Perryman#495 · G · Transfer from Utah State
- Jayden Hastings#535 · F · Transfer from Boston College
Impact = how many points per game he adds to his team when he plays. 0 is an average player (Statboy's own number).