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Christian Ponder

Player breakdown

Christian Ponder

Florida St. · 2011 Draft Class

6-2229 lbs1st round, 12th overallAge at Draft: 23Age: ~38
LowMissed 25+ TD
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

7%

YearTeamGGSCmpAttPass YdsPass TDINTRush YdsRush TDTotal TD
2011MIN11101582911,8531313219013
2012MIN16163004832,9351812253220
2013MIN991522391,64879151411
2014MIN212244222021611
SeasonTeamConfGCmpAttPass YdsPass TDINTRush YdsRush TDTotal TD
2007Florida StateACC1818105125101
2008Florida StateACC91592871,8071213404416
2009Florida StateACC62273302,717147179216
2010Florida StateACC101832942,038208177424

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

7%

ML model output

Context Prob

7%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

0

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.484

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

Physical upside: 0.94 — elite athletic ceiling+0.355
4.09s short shuttle — elite lateral quickness+0.262
6,667 career receiving yards — elite multi-year volume+0.260

Top Negative Factors

Improvement accelerating (+24.9) — getting better faster each year-0.390
Season-to-season ypg consistency: 0.00 — variable output-0.350
4 college seasons of data — proven multi-year track record-0.332

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)