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Joe Burrow

Player breakdown

Joe Burrow

LSU · 2020 Draft Class

6-3221 lbs1st round, 1st overallAge at Draft: 23Age: ~29
EliteHeisman x1Davey O'Brien x1Manning x1Unitas x1All-American x125+ Total TD
Major awards: 5Heisman votes: 2608NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

92%

YearTeamGGSCmpAttPass YdsPass TDINTRush YdsRush TDTotal TD
2020CIN10102644042,688135142316
2021CIN16163665204,6113414118236
2022CIN16164146064,4753512257540
2023CIN10102443652,30915688015
2024CIN17174606524,918439201245
2025CIN881732591,80917541017
SeasonTeamConfGCmpAttPass YdsPass TDINTRush YdsRush TDTotal TD
2016Ohio StateBig Ten32228226205813
2017Ohio StateBig Ten07116100000
2018LSUSEC81983452,500124375719
2019LSUSEC133424394,715486289351

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

82%

ML model output

Context Prob

82%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

0

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.484

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

Strong ascending production slope (+1496 yards/yr) — still improving at draft time+0.337
7,215 career receiving yards — elite multi-year volume+0.273
No height-adjusted speed data — missing combine measurement+0.262

Top Negative Factors

Physical upside: 0.60 — strong athletic ceiling-0.568
Improvement accelerating (+19.9) — getting better faster each year-0.390
343.6 career ypg — elite WR1 college production-0.345

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)