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Graham Mertz

Player breakdown

Graham Mertz

Florida · 2025 Draft Class

6-3212 lbs6th round, 197th overallAge at Draft: 24Age: ~25
LowMissed 25+ TD
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: $3.8M
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Model confidence

Success Probability

22%

SeasonTeamConfGCmpAttPass YdsPass TDINTRush YdsRush TDTotal TD
2019WisconsinBig Ten09107300600
2020WisconsinBig Ten31181931,2389538211
2021WisconsinBig Ten71582691,821910009
2022WisconsinBig Ten01642862,13619100019
2023FloridaSEC112613582,9032030020
2024FloridaSEC57294791625617

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

22%

ML model output

Context Prob

22%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

0

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.484

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

No height-adjusted speed data — missing combine measurement+0.275
3,694 career receiving yards — elite multi-year volume+0.273
2 season(s) at 80+ ypg — sustained elite output+0.262

Top Negative Factors

Physical upside: 0.59 — average athletic ceiling-0.554
Improvement accelerating (+38.8) — getting better faster each year-0.390
230.9 career ypg — elite WR1 college production-0.327

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)