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Tommy Mellott

Player breakdown

Tommy Mellott

Montana St. · 2025 Draft Class

6th round, 213th overallAge: ~22
HighMissed 25+ TD
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

61%

SeasonTeamConfGCmpAttPass YdsPass TDINTRush YdsRush TDTotal TD
2022Montana StateBig Sky01171921,5071041,0581222
2023Montana StateBig Sky9751191,068102690515
2024Montana StateBig Sky141832602,4542827901240

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

61%

ML model output

Context Prob

61%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

0

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.484

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

5,029 career receiving yards — elite multi-year volume+0.281
No height-adjusted speed data — missing combine measurement+0.264
2 season(s) at 80+ ypg — sustained elite output+0.262

Top Negative Factors

Physical upside: 0.00 — average athletic ceiling-0.546
218.7 career ypg — elite WR1 college production-0.341
Best-season yards rank: top 86% in class — average-0.279

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)