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Sam Howell

Player breakdown

Sam Howell

North Carolina · 2022 Draft Class

6-1218 lbs5th round, 144th overallAge at Draft: 21Age: ~25
Medium25+ Total TD
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

47%

YearTeamGGSCmpAttPass YdsPass TDINTRush YdsRush TDTotal TD
2022WAS111119169113512
2023WAS17173886123,9462121263526
2024SEA205142401200
SeasonTeamConfGCmpAttPass YdsPass TDINTRush YdsRush TDTotal TD
2019North CarolinaACC122343883,3473570035
2020North CarolinaACC112373483,586307146535
2021North CarolinaACC112053272,8512398251134

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

47%

ML model output

Context Prob

47%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

0

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.484

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

Improvement accelerating (+0.1) — getting better faster each year+0.351
9,784 career receiving yards — elite multi-year volume+0.273
No height-adjusted speed data — missing combine measurement+0.261

Top Negative Factors

Physical upside: 0.59 — average athletic ceiling-0.566
287.8 career ypg — elite WR1 college production-0.351
3 season(s) at 80+ ypg — sustained elite output-0.319

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)