Predicting the Pros
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Darian Mensah

Player breakdown

Darian Mensah

Duke · 2027 Draft Class

Undrafted / UpcomingAge: ~19
Medium
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: $2.2M
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Model confidence

Success Probability

54%

SeasonTeamConfGCmpAttPass YdsPass TDINTRush YdsRush TDTotal TD
2025DukeACC143144693,601165159117

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

54%

ML model output

Context Prob

54%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

0

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.484

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

Strong ascending production slope (+1800 yards/yr) — still improving at draft time+0.349
3,601 career receiving yards — elite multi-year volume+0.281
No height-adjusted speed data — missing combine measurement+0.261

Top Negative Factors

Physical upside: 0.00 — average athletic ceiling-0.574
Improvement accelerating (+3601.0) — getting better faster each year-0.390
257.2 career ypg — elite WR1 college production-0.333

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)