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Nate Davis

Player breakdown

Nate Davis

Ball St. · 2009 Draft Class

6-1226 lbs5th round, 171st overallAge at Draft: 22Age: ~39
LowMissed 25+ TD
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

26%

SeasonTeamConfGCmpAttPass YdsPass TDINTRush YdsRush TDTotal TD
2006Ball StateMid-American91502441,9751880018
2007Ball StateMid-American122454303,376276199532
2008Ball StateMid-American132493723,446267277430

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

26%

ML model output

Context Prob

26%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

0

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.484

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

8,797 career receiving yards — elite multi-year volume+0.273
Improvement accelerating (+0.7) — getting better faster each year+0.235
124 yards per TD — big-play production pattern+0.203

Top Negative Factors

Physical upside: 0.85 — elite athletic ceiling-0.566
258.7 career ypg — elite WR1 college production-0.351
3 season(s) at 80+ ypg — sustained elite output-0.319

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)