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Dak Prescott

Player breakdown

Dak Prescott

Mississippi St. · 2016 Draft Class

6-2226 lbs4th round, 135th overallAge at Draft: 23Age: ~33
High25+ Total TD
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

58%

YearTeamGGSCmpAttPass YdsPass TDINTRush YdsRush TDTotal TD
2016DAL16163114593,667234282629
2017DAL16163084903,3242213357628
2018DAL16163565263,885228305628
2019DAL16163885964,9023011277333
2020DAL551512221,8569493312
2021DAL16164105964,4493710146138
2022DAL12122613942,8602315182124
2023DAL17174105904,516369242238
2024DAL881852861,97811854112
2025DAL17174046004,5523010177232
SeasonTeamConfGCmpAttPass YdsPass TDINTRush YdsRush TDTotal TD
2012Mississippi StateSEC818291944011848
2013Mississippi StateSEC91392391,657777511118
2014Mississippi StateSEC122113452,99624109391337
2015Mississippi StateSEC02914353,4132545411035

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

58%

ML model output

Context Prob

58%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

0

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.484

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

Physical upside: 0.89 — elite athletic ceiling+0.402
Strong ascending production slope (+1073 yards/yr) — still improving at draft time+0.343
4.32s short shuttle — average lateral quickness+0.262

Top Negative Factors

Improvement accelerating (+16.6) — getting better faster each year-0.390
4 college seasons of data — proven multi-year track record-0.347
284.8 career ypg — elite WR1 college production-0.343

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)