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Riley Leonard

Player breakdown

Riley Leonard

Notre Dame · 2025 Draft Class

6-4216 lbs6th round, 189th overallAge at Draft: 22Age: ~23
LowMissed 25+ TD
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: $2.5M
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Model confidence

Success Probability

25%

YearTeamGGSCmpAttPass YdsPass TDINTRush YdsRush TDTotal TD
2025IND513967415232724
SeasonTeamConfGCmpAttPass YdsPass TDINTRush YdsRush TDTotal TD
2021DukeACC337623811117323
2022DukeACC02313632,7942066361131
2023DukeACC7951651,1023335247
2024Notre DameFBS Independents121942932,0921657211430

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

25%

ML model output

Context Prob

25%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

0

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.484

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

No height-adjusted speed data — missing combine measurement+0.275
2,092 career receiving yards — strong volume+0.273
1 season(s) at 80+ ypg — one elite output+0.262

Top Negative Factors

Physical upside: 0.60 — strong athletic ceiling-0.554
Improvement accelerating (+6.3) — getting better faster each year-0.390
174.3 career ypg — elite WR1 college production-0.318

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)