College Basketball · 2026-27 · Preseason
Nick Townsend
Stanford · Forward · Senior · 6-7 · #41
Transfer from Yale
- #25 forward in the country
- #18 in the transfer portal
Projected role · 2026-27
Projected starter (about 25 minutes a game) at Stanford, as a secondary scorer: a smaller role than he had at Yale (33.4 min).
- Projected minutes
- 25
- 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 Yale: 30 games, 30 starts, 33.4 minutes a game.
- Points per game16.396th
- Rebounds per game7.492nd
- Assists per game4.399th
- Steals per game1.191st
- Blocks per game0.216th
- Turnovers per game2.43rd
- Field goal %51.1%(164-321)58th
- 3-point %46.3%(44-95)97th
- Free throw %75.3%(116-154)75th
Last season: advanced
Percentiles compare him with every Division I forward who played 300+ minutes.
- Usage rate24.2%style
Share of his team's possessions he ends (shot, free throws or turnover) while on the floor
- Offensive rating125.388th
Points he produces per 100 possessions he uses
- Defensive rating105.364th
Points allowed per 100 possessions while he's on the floor (lower is better)
- True shooting %62.8%82nd
Scoring efficiency counting 3s and free throws
- Effective FG %57.9%70th
Field goal % with 3s worth 1.5 times a 2
- Assist-to-turnover1.7793rd
Assists for every turnover
- Offensive rebound %29.6%36th
Share of his team's missed shots he rebounds while on the floor
- Free-throw rate48.0%70th
Free throws attempted per 100 field goal attempts
- Win shares per 40.20396th
Wins he created per 40 minutes played
Players like Nick Townsend
The closest matches among every forward in the country: all of last season's stats compared on the same scale, plus projected impact.
Returning
+0.68 impact · 15.6 pts · 7.6 reb · 2.2 ast
CompareTransfer from Yale
+1.85 impact · 13.2 pts · 6.3 reb · 3.2 ast
CompareReturning
+2.74 impact · 13.3 pts · 8 reb · 2.6 ast
CompareTransfer from UNC Greensboro
+0.77 impact · 17.9 pts · 11.5 reb · 2.4 ast
CompareTransfer from Saint Mary's
+2.43 impact · 18.4 pts · 7.5 reb · 2.1 ast
CompareTransfer from Iowa
+1.28 impact · 8.4 pts · 3.6 reb · 2.2 ast
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Stanford teammates
Austin Maurer#515 · C · Transfer from Seattle U- Aidan Cammann#525 · F · Returning
- Christian Bliss#808 · G · Transfer from Delaware
- Donavin Young#1050 · F · Returning
- Tallis Toure#1383 · F · Returning
- Kristers Skrinda#1578 · F · Returning
- Aziz Olajuwon#1741 · G · Freshman · #75 recruit
- Evan Stinson#1764 · 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).