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College Basketball · 2026-27 · Preseason

Sam Orme

Nebraska · Forward · Senior · 6-10 · #14

Transfer from Belmont

#114Overall
+1.43Projected impact
  • #54 forward in the country
  • #47 in the transfer portal

Projected role · 2026-27

Projected starter (about 18 minutes a game) at Nebraska: a smaller role than he had at Belmont (25.6 min).

Projected minutes
18
Spot in the rotation
#5

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 Belmont: 29 games, 28 starts, 25.6 minutes a game.

  • Points per game12.784th
  • Rebounds per game5.061st
  • Assists per game1.885th
  • Steals per game0.980th
  • Blocks per game0.769th
  • Turnovers per game1.146th
  • Field goal %55.9%(146-261)76th
  • 3-point %39.7%(48-121)88th
  • Free throw %63.6%(28-44)36th

Last season: advanced

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

  • Usage rate21.4%style

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

  • Offensive rating126.690th

    Points he produces per 100 possessions he uses

  • Defensive rating101.284th

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

  • True shooting %65.6%92nd

    Scoring efficiency counting 3s and free throws

  • Effective FG %65.1%93rd

    Field goal % with 3s worth 1.5 times a 2

  • Assist-to-turnover1.6390th

    Assists for every turnover

  • Offensive rebound %21.2%9th

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

  • Free-throw rate16.9%7th

    Free throws attempted per 100 field goal attempts

  • Win shares per 40.19494th

    Wins he created per 40 minutes played

Players like Sam Orme

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

  • Pryce Sandfort

    Nebraska · F · Senior

    73%match

    Returning

    +2.94 impact · 18.1 pts · 4.9 reb · 2 ast

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  • Josh Scovens

    Davidson · F · Senior

    72%match

    Returning

    +0.84 impact · 11.1 pts · 4.3 reb · 1.9 ast

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  • Cam'Ron Fletcher

    High Point · F · Senior

    72%match

    Returning

    +1.63 impact · 13.2 pts · 7.1 reb · 0.9 ast

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  • Kyle Jorgensen

    Colorado State · F · Junior

    71%match

    Returning

    +1.06 impact · 11.5 pts · 4.3 reb · 2.2 ast

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  • Will Hornseth

    Utah State · F · Junior

    70%match

    Transfer from Northern Iowa

    +1.00 impact · 11.1 pts · 4.6 reb · 2.2 ast

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  • Evan Mahaffey

    Akron · F · Senior

    69%match

    Returning

    +1.67 impact · 10.2 pts · 5.6 reb · 3.4 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).