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Bryce Young

Player breakdown

Bryce Young

Alabama · 2023 Draft Class

5-10204 lbs1st round, 1st overallAge at Draft: 22Age: ~25
EliteHeisman x1Davey O'Brien x1Manning x1All-American x1All-Conference x1Missed 25+ TD
Major awards: 5Heisman votes: 2311NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

95%

YearTeamGGSCmpAttPass YdsPass TDINTRush YdsRush TDTotal TD
2023CAR16163155272,8771110253011
2024CAR14122343842,403159249621
2025CAR16163044783,0112311216225
SeasonTeamConfGCmpAttPass YdsPass TDINTRush YdsRush TDTotal TD
2020AlabamaSEC1132215610001
2021AlabamaSEC133144624,32243431346
2022AlabamaSEC02303593,007275195431

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

85%

ML model output

Context Prob

85%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

0

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.484

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

Strong ascending production slope (+1425 yards/yr) — still improving at draft time+0.337
7,485 career receiving yards — elite multi-year volume+0.273
No height-adjusted speed data — missing combine measurement+0.270

Top Negative Factors

Physical upside: 0.56 — average athletic ceiling-0.568
Improvement accelerating (+26.7) — getting better faster each year-0.390
534.6 career ypg — elite WR1 college production-0.345

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)