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Kyler Murray

Player breakdown

Kyler Murray

Oklahoma · 2019 Draft Class

5-10207 lbs1st round, 1st overallAge at Draft: 22Age: ~29
EliteHeisman x1Davey O'Brien x1Manning x125+ Total TD
Major awards: 3Heisman votes: 2167NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

92%

YearTeamGGSCmpAttPass YdsPass TDINTRush YdsRush TDTotal TD
2019ARI16163495423,7222012544424
2020ARI16163755583,97126128191137
2021ARI14143334813,7872410423529
2022ARI11112593902,368147418317
2023ARI881762681,799105244313
2024ARI17173725413,8512111572526
2025ARI551101619626317317
SeasonTeamConfGCmpAttPass YdsPass TDINTRush YdsRush TDTotal TD
2015Texas A&MSEC0721216865733516
2017OklahomaSEC318213593014203
2018OklahomaSEC132413404,0534078921151

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 (+1683 yards/yr) — still improving at draft time+0.337
4,412 career receiving yards — elite multi-year volume+0.273
No height-adjusted speed data — missing combine measurement+0.270

Top Negative Factors

Physical upside: 0.57 — average athletic ceiling-0.562
Improvement accelerating (+4.9) — getting better faster each year-0.390
275.8 career ypg — elite WR1 college production-0.338

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)