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Alex Smith

Player breakdown

Alex Smith

Utah · 2005 Draft Class

6-4217 lbs1st round, 1st overallAge at Draft: 21Age: ~42
Medium25+ Total TD
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

53%

YearTeamGGSCmpAttPass YdsPass TDINTRush YdsRush TDTotal TD
2005SFO978416587511110301
2006SFO16162574422,8901616147218
2007SFO7794193914248902
2009SFO11102253722,350181251018
2010SFO11102043422,370141060014
2011SFO16162734453,144175179219
2012SFO1091532181,737135132013
2013KAN15153085083,313237431124
2014KAN15153034643,265186254119
2015KAN16163074703,486207498222
2016KAN15153284893,502158134520
2017KAN15153415054,042265355127
2018WAS10102053282,180105168111
2020WAS861682521,58268306
SeasonTeamConfGCmpAttPass YdsPass TDINTRush YdsRush TDTotal TD
2003UtahBig 124741208226017417
2004UtahBig 12111852802,6242845631038

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

53%

ML model output

Context Prob

53%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

0

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.484

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

Physical upside: 0.90 — elite athletic ceiling+0.362
Strong ascending production slope (+1802 yards/yr) — still improving at draft time+0.337
3.96s short shuttle — elite lateral quickness+0.277

Top Negative Factors

Improvement accelerating (+2.2) — getting better faster each year-0.397
229.7 career ypg — elite WR1 college production-0.334
Height-adjusted speed: 4.46s — good speed for frame-0.310

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)