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Lamar Jackson

Player breakdown

Lamar Jackson

Louisville · 2018 Draft Class

6-2216 lbs1st round, 32nd overallAge at Draft: 21Age: ~29
EliteHeisman x1All-American x125+ Total TD
Major awards: 2Heisman votes: 2144NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

92%

YearTeamGGSCmpAttPass YdsPass TDINTRush YdsRush TDTotal TD
2018BAL167991701,20163695511
2019BAL15152654013,1273661,206743
2020BAL15152423762,7572691,005733
2021BAL12122463822,8821613767218
2022BAL12122033262,242177764320
2023BAL16163074573,678247821529
2024BAL17173164744,172414915445
2025BAL13131923022,549217349223
SeasonTeamConfGCmpAttPass YdsPass TDINTRush YdsRush TDTotal TD
2015LouisvilleACC01232211,613108734919
2016LouisvilleACC122203823,3903091,5382151
2017LouisvilleACC122413993,4892561,4431742

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

66%

ML model output

Context Prob

66%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

0

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.484

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

Strong ascending production slope (+938 yards/yr) — still improving at draft time+0.294
8,492 career receiving yards — elite multi-year volume+0.273
2 season(s) at 80+ ypg — sustained elite output+0.262

Top Negative Factors

Physical upside: 0.59 — average athletic ceiling-0.557
Season-to-season ypg consistency: 0.00 — variable output-0.373
353.8 career ypg — elite WR1 college production-0.351

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)