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Troy Smith

Player breakdown

Troy Smith

Ohio St. · 2007 Draft Class

6-0225 lbs5th round, 174th overallAge at Draft: 23Age: ~42
EliteHeisman x1Davey O'Brien x1All-American x1Missed 25+ TD
Major awards: 3Heisman votes: 2540NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

92%

YearTeamGGSCmpAttPass YdsPass TDINTRush YdsRush TDTotal TD
2007BAL424076452205413
2008BAL603482102401
2009BAL405924013111
2010SFO66731451,1765412116
SeasonTeamConfGCmpAttPass YdsPass TDINTRush YdsRush TDTotal TD
2003Ohio StateBig Ten2000001400
2004Ohio StateBig Ten66812289683339210
2005Ohio StateBig Ten101302091,9401445451125
2006Ohio StateBig Ten111992972,507305233131

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

20%

ML model output

Context Prob

20%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

0

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.484

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

Physical upside: 0.90 — elite athletic ceiling+0.355
5,343 career receiving yards — elite multi-year volume+0.273
Composite college score: 30 — elite multi-metric profile+0.192

Top Negative Factors

Improvement accelerating (+1.8) — getting better faster each year-0.397
197.9 career ypg — elite WR1 college production-0.334
3 season(s) at 80+ ypg — sustained elite output-0.319

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)