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Caleb Williams

Player breakdown

Caleb Williams

USC · 2024 Draft Class

6-1214 lbs1st round, 1st overallAge at Draft: 22Age: ~24
EliteHeisman x1All-American x1All-Conference x125+ Total TD
Major awards: 3Heisman votes: 2031NIL Contract Value: --
Watch Highlights

Model confidence

Success Probability

95%

YearTeamGGSCmpAttPass YdsPass TDINTRush YdsRush TDTotal TD
2024CHI17173515623,541206489020
2025CHI17173305683,942277388330
SeasonTeamConfGCmpAttPass YdsPass TDINTRush YdsRush TDTotal TD
2021OklahomaSEC81151841,670184408624
2022USCBig Ten02964484,0753743721047
2023USCBig Ten122663883,6333051361141

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

74%

ML model output

Context Prob

74%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

0

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.484

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

Strong ascending production slope (+981 yards/yr) — still improving at draft time+0.311
7,708 career receiving yards — elite multi-year volume+0.273
1 season(s) at 80+ ypg — one elite output+0.262

Top Negative Factors

Physical upside: 0.59 — average athletic ceiling-0.560
Improvement accelerating (+1.4) — getting better faster each year-0.390
642.3 career ypg — elite WR1 college production-0.345

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)