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JaMarcus Russell

Player breakdown

JaMarcus Russell

LSU · 2007 Draft Class

6-5265 lbs1st round, 1st overallAge at Draft: 22Age: ~41
HighManning x1Missed 25+ TD
Major awards: 1Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

72%

YearTeamGGSCmpAttPass YdsPass TDINTRush YdsRush TDTotal TD
2007OAK41366637324402
2008OAK15151983682,423138127114
2009OAK1291202461,2873114403
SeasonTeamConfGCmpAttPass YdsPass TDINTRush YdsRush TDTotal TD
2004LSUSEC56112992574007
2005LSUSEC121883112,4431590015
2006LSUSEC112113082,797267126026

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

29%

ML model output

Context Prob

29%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

0

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.484

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

Physical upside: 1.00 — elite athletic ceiling+0.355
6,165 career receiving yards — elite multi-year volume+0.273
Strong ascending production slope (+936 yards/yr) — still improving at draft time+0.207

Top Negative Factors

Improvement accelerating (+2.0) — getting better faster each year-0.397
Season-to-season ypg consistency: 0.00 — variable output-0.367
220.2 career ypg — elite WR1 college production-0.334

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)