Predicting the Pros
Predictions/Clayton Thorson
Clayton Thorson

Player breakdown

Clayton Thorson

Northwestern · 2019 Draft Class

6-4222 lbs5th round, 167th overallAge at Draft: 24Age: ~31
LowMissed 25+ TD
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

14%

SeasonTeamConfGCmpAttPass YdsPass TDINTRush YdsRush TDTotal TD
2015NorthwesternBig Ten01422751,46577374512
2016NorthwesternBig Ten112574422,96821882526
2017NorthwesternBig Ten102584262,809151229823
2018NorthwesternBig Ten112784592,94215140015

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

14%

ML model output

Context Prob

14%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

0

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.484

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

10,184 career receiving yards — elite multi-year volume+0.260
No height-adjusted speed data — missing combine measurement+0.257
Improvement accelerating (+1.0) — getting better faster each year+0.208

Top Negative Factors

Physical upside: 0.61 — strong athletic ceiling-0.551
318.2 career ypg — elite WR1 college production-0.335
4 college seasons of data — proven multi-year track record-0.323

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)