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Michael Penix

Player breakdown

Michael Penix

Washington · 2024 Draft Class

6-2216 lbs1st round, 8th overallAge at Draft: 24Age: ~26
EliteMissed 25+ TD
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
Watch Highlights

Model confidence

Success Probability

82%

YearTeamGGSCmpAttPass YdsPass TDINTRush YdsRush TDTotal TD
2024ATL5361105775331114
2025ATL991662761,9829370110
SeasonTeamConfGCmpAttPass YdsPass TDINTRush YdsRush TDTotal TD
2018IndianaBig Ten12134219104501
2019IndianaBig Ten61101601,394104119212
2020IndianaBig Ten51242201,64514425216
2021IndianaBig Ten38716293947004
2022WashingtonBig Ten03305004,35429786433
2023WashingtonBig Ten153074664,2183390033

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

48%

ML model output

Context Prob

48%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

0

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.484

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

8,572 career receiving yards — elite multi-year volume+0.273
1 season(s) at 80+ ypg — one elite output+0.262
No height-adjusted speed data — missing combine measurement+0.249

Top Negative Factors

Physical upside: 0.59 — average athletic ceiling-0.560
Improvement accelerating (+18.9) — getting better faster each year-0.390
571.5 career ypg — elite WR1 college production-0.345

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)