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Shedeur Sanders

Player breakdown

Shedeur Sanders

Colorado · 2025 Draft Class

6-2212 lbs5th round, 144th overallAge at Draft: 23Age: ~24
HighUnitas x1All-Conference x1Missed 25+ TD
Major awards: 2Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: $4.4M
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Model confidence

Success Probability

73%

YearTeamGGSCmpAttPass YdsPass TDINTRush YdsRush TDTotal TD
2025CLE871202121,40071016918
SeasonTeamConfGCmpAttPass YdsPass TDINTRush YdsRush TDTotal TD
2021Jackson StateSWAC122563773,0562961332
2022Jackson StateSWAC03114433,383366174541
2023ColoradoBig 12112984303,2302730027
2024ColoradoBig 12123374543,9263580035

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

70%

ML model output

Context Prob

70%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

0

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.484

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

Improvement accelerating (+0.3) — getting better faster each year+0.345
7,156 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-0.560
311.1 career ypg — elite WR1 college production-0.345
Season-to-season ypg consistency: 0.00 — variable output-0.263

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)