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College Basketball · 2026-27 · Preseason

RJ Taylor

Oakland · Guard · Senior · 6-0 · #10

Transfer from Northern Iowa

#1497Overall
+0.05Projected impact
  • #750 guard in the country
  • #838 in the transfer portal
  • #839 mid-major player

Projected role · 2026-27

Projected starter (about 16 minutes a game) at Oakland: a bigger role than he had at Northern Iowa (11.0 min).

Projected minutes
16
Spot in the rotation
#4

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 Northern Iowa: 30 games, 0 starts, 11 minutes a game.

MM # = his rank among the 841 mid-major guardson this season's rosters (300+ minutes last season).

  • Points per game2.62ndMM #821
  • Rebounds per game1.02ndMM #821
  • Assists per game1.127thMM #570
  • Steals per game0.411thMM #704
  • Blocks per game0.011thMM #655
  • Turnovers per game0.398thMM #8
  • Field goal %46.3%(31-67)80thMM #149
  • 3-point %37.5%(12-32)75thMM #184
  • Free throw %100.0%(4-4)99thMM #1

Last season: advanced

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

MM # = his rank among the 841 mid-major guardson this season's rosters (300+ minutes last season).

  • Usage rate13.7%style

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

  • Offensive rating114.566thMM #235

    Points he produces per 100 possessions he uses

  • Defensive rating98.196thMM #24

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

  • True shooting %56.7%66thMM #255

    Scoring efficiency counting 3s and free throws

  • Effective FG %55.2%82ndMM #153

    Field goal % with 3s worth 1.5 times a 2

  • Assist-to-turnover3.4098thMM #9

    Assists for every turnover

  • Offensive rebound %3.4%1stMM #837

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

  • Free-throw rate6.0%1stMM #836

    Free throws attempted per 100 field goal attempts

  • Win shares per 40.13476thMM #134

    Wins he created per 40 minutes played

Players like RJ Taylor

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

  • Steele Venters

    Washington · G · Senior

    71%match

    Transfer from Gonzaga

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  • Jaden Schutt

    Kansas State · G · Senior

    70%match

    Transfer from Virginia Tech

    +0.07 impact · 7.7 pts · 1.6 reb · 0.9 ast

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  • Mason Klabo

    Illinois State · G · Sophomore

    66%match

    Returning

    +0.23 impact · 5.6 pts · 2.3 reb · 1.2 ast

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  • Miles Klapper

    Idaho · G · Senior

    66%match

    Returning

    +0.02 impact · 3.7 pts · 1.9 reb · 0.7 ast

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  • Max Weisbrod

    Northern Illinois · G · Senior

    65%match

    Transfer from Northern Iowa

    +0.10 impact · 6.4 pts · 2.5 reb · 1.9 ast

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  • Jordan Brathwaite

    Yale · G · Junior

    64%match

    Returning

    +0.10 impact · 6.6 pts · 1.7 reb · 1 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).