One impressive thing about Joseph and Seneca is that both basically set their records in three years. Joseph had only 29 assists as a freshman, and Seneca had no assists as a frosh, seeing only mop-up duty in one game.
Joseph still played in most games as a freshman. Seneca did not. He played on the JV team. Yes, the second all-time leader in assists played JV as a freshman. His assists per game far outpaces anyone else on the list. Cal Puriefoy, who was the starting PG Seneca's freshman year, followed the same path, playing JV his freshman year. I don't know where he ranks on the overall list, but I'm willing to wager Puriefoy is in the top 2-3 in assists per game.