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Kyle McCord

Player breakdown

Kyle McCord

Syracuse · 2025 Draft Class

6-3218 lbs6th round, 181st overallAge at Draft: 22Age: ~23
HighMissed 25+ TD
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: $2.3M
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Model confidence

Success Probability

61%

SeasonTeamConfGCmpAttPass YdsPass TDINTRush YdsRush TDTotal TD
2021Ohio StateBig Ten1253841622002
2022Ohio StateBig Ten0162019010401
2023Ohio StateBig Ten122293483,1702460024
2024SyracuseACC123675584,32629120029

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

61%

ML model output

Context Prob

61%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

0

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.484

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

Strong ascending production slope (+1303 yards/yr) — still improving at draft time+0.343
4,326 career receiving yards — elite multi-year volume+0.273
Season-to-season ypg consistency: 0.00 — variable output+0.260

Top Negative Factors

Physical upside: 0.60 — strong athletic ceiling-0.568
Improvement accelerating (+9.4) — getting better faster each year-0.383
360.5 career ypg — elite WR1 college production-0.341

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)