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Tua Tagovailoa

Player breakdown

Tua Tagovailoa

Alabama · 2020 Draft Class

6-0217 lbs1st round, 5th overallAge at Draft: 22Age: ~28
EliteAll-American x125+ Total TD
Major awards: 1Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

78%

YearTeamGGSCmpAttPass YdsPass TDINTRush YdsRush TDTotal TD
2020MIA1091862901,814115109314
2021MIA13122633882,6531610128319
2022MIA13132594003,54825870025
2023MIA17173885604,624291474029
2024MIA11112913992,86719749019
2025MIA14142603842,660201543020
SeasonTeamConfGCmpAttPass YdsPass TDINTRush YdsRush TDTotal TD
2017AlabamaSEC5355347081106210
2018AlabamaSEC131992943,353374190542
2019AlabamaSEC81802522,84033317235

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

63%

ML model output

Context Prob

63%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

0

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.484

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

Strong ascending production slope (+1185 yards/yr) — still improving at draft time+0.337
No height-adjusted speed data — missing combine measurement+0.278
6,663 career receiving yards — elite multi-year volume+0.273

Top Negative Factors

Physical upside: 0.59 — average athletic ceiling-0.568
Improvement accelerating (+6.1) — getting better faster each year-0.397
256.3 career ypg — elite WR1 college production-0.343

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)