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College Basketball · 2026-27 · Preseason

Riley Fox

Yale · Forward · Junior · 6-6 · #9

Returning

#652Overall
+0.45Projected impact
  • #276 forward in the country
  • #218 mid-major player

Projected role · 2026-27

Projected starter (about 19 minutes a game) at Yale, as a primary scorer. Similar role to last season.

Projected minutes
19
Spot in the rotation
#2

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: 31 games, 2 starts, 18 minutes a game.

MM # = his rank among the 464 mid-major forwardson this season's rosters (300+ minutes last season).

  • Points per game10.068thMM #110
  • Rebounds per game2.16thMM #429
  • Assists per game0.733rdMM #263
  • Steals per game0.428thMM #285
  • Blocks per game0.01stMM #456
  • Turnovers per game0.495thMM #20
  • Field goal %45.6%(114-250)34thMM #287
  • 3-point %37.2%(45-121)81stMM #74
  • Free throw %80.4%(37-46)89thMM #46

Last season: advanced

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

MM # = his rank among the 464 mid-major forwardson this season's rosters (300+ minutes last season).

  • Usage rate26.6%style

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

  • Offensive rating124.085thMM #48

    Points he produces per 100 possessions he uses

  • Defensive rating110.630thMM #314

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

  • True shooting %57.4%48thMM #204

    Scoring efficiency counting 3s and free throws

  • Effective FG %54.6%51stMM #206

    Field goal % with 3s worth 1.5 times a 2

  • Assist-to-turnover2.0096thMM #16

    Assists for every turnover

  • Offensive rebound %23.1%13thMM #391

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

  • Free-throw rate18.4%9thMM #415

    Free throws attempted per 100 field goal attempts

  • Win shares per 40.16585thMM #39

    Wins he created per 40 minutes played

Players like Riley Fox

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

  • Liutauras Lelevicius

    Clemson · F · Senior

    75%match

    Transfer from TCU

    +0.51 impact · 8 pts · 3.4 reb · 0.7 ast

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  • Carson Schwieger

    Tulane · F · Junior

    71%match

    Transfer from Queens University

    +0.20 impact · 10.1 pts · 3.1 reb · 0.8 ast

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  • Garrett Johnson

    South Florida · F · Junior

    71%match

    Transfer from George Washington

    +0.49 impact · 11.4 pts · 3.4 reb · 1.2 ast

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  • Cooper Koch

    Iowa · F · Junior

    70%match

    Returning

    +0.56 impact · 7.8 pts · 3.1 reb · 1.1 ast

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  • Austin Rapp

    Wisconsin · F · Junior

    67%match

    Returning

    +1.13 impact · 9.7 pts · 4 reb · 1.6 ast

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  • Elijah Strong

    Saint Louis · F · Senior

    67%match

    Transfer from South Carolina

    +0.21 impact · 10 pts · 2.3 reb · 0.9 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).