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Gardner Minshew II

Player breakdown

Gardner Minshew II

Washington St. · 2019 Draft Class

6-1225 lbs6th round, 178th overallAge at Draft: 23Age: ~30
HighUnitas x1Missed 25+ TD
Major awards: 1Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

70%

YearTeamGGSCmpAttPass YdsPass TDINTRush YdsRush TDTotal TD
2019JAX14122854703,271216344021
2020JAX982163272,259165153117
2021PHI424160439412104
2022PHI52447666333314
2023IND17133054903,305159100318
2024LVR1092033062,0139105809
2025KAN416133701200
SeasonTeamConfGCmpAttPass YdsPass TDINTRush YdsRush TDTotal TD
2016East CarolinaAmerican Athletic61192021,34784008
2017East CarolinaAmerican Athletic81743042,1401670016
2018Washington StatePac-12124336134,477369103339

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

67%

ML model output

Context Prob

67%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

0

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.484

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

Strong ascending production slope (+1565 yards/yr) — still improving at draft time+0.337
4.45s short shuttle — average lateral quickness+0.277
4,477 career receiving yards — elite multi-year volume+0.273

Top Negative Factors

Physical upside: 0.85 — elite athletic ceiling-0.568
Improvement accelerating (+2.3) — getting better faster each year-0.383
373.1 career ypg — elite WR1 college production-0.341

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)