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Justin Herbert

Player breakdown

Justin Herbert

Oregon · 2020 Draft Class

6-6236 lbs1st round, 6th overallAge at Draft: 22Age: ~28
Medium25+ Total TD
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

42%

YearTeamGGSCmpAttPass YdsPass TDINTRush YdsRush TDTotal TD
2020LAC15153965954,3363110234536
2021LAC17174436725,0143815302341
2022LAC17174776994,7392510147025
2023LAC13132974563,134207228323
2024LAC17173325043,870233306225
2025LAC16163405123,7272613498228
SeasonTeamConfGCmpAttPass YdsPass TDINTRush YdsRush TDTotal TD
2016OregonBig Ten81622551,936194161221
2017OregonBig Ten71131701,750133166518
2018OregonBig Ten122213712,985288173230
2019OregonBig Ten132724083,33332521133

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

42%

ML model output

Context Prob

42%

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+0.369
4.46s short shuttle — average lateral quickness+0.269
10,004 career receiving yards — elite multi-year volume+0.260

Top Negative Factors

4 college seasons of data — proven multi-year track record-0.353
250.1 career ypg — elite WR1 college production-0.351
4 season(s) at 80+ ypg — sustained elite output-0.319

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)