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EJ Manuel

Player breakdown

EJ Manuel

Florida St. · 2013 Draft Class

6-5237 lbs1st round, 16th overallAge at Draft: 23Age: ~36
LowMissed 25+ TD
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

11%

YearTeamGGSCmpAttPass YdsPass TDINTRush YdsRush TDTotal TD
2013BUF10101803061,972119186213
2014BUF5476131838535216
2015BUF725284561336414
2016BUF611126131002200
2017OAK212443265111501
SeasonTeamConfGCmpAttPass YdsPass TDINTRush YdsRush TDTotal TD
2009Florida StateACC3691068172619624
2010Florida StateACC454787773412414
2011Florida StateACC91832802,417168171420
2012Florida StateACC112633873,3922310310427

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

11%

ML model output

Context Prob

11%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

0

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.484

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

Physical upside: 0.97 — elite athletic ceiling+0.366
4.21s short shuttle — average lateral quickness+0.269
7,403 career receiving yards — elite multi-year volume+0.260

Top Negative Factors

Improvement accelerating (+3.1) — getting better faster each year-0.390
4 college seasons of data — proven multi-year track record-0.334
274.2 career ypg — elite WR1 college production-0.327

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)