Predicting the Pros
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Zach Wilson

Player breakdown

Zach Wilson

BYU · 2021 Draft Class

6-2214 lbs1st round, 2nd overallAge at Draft: 22Age: ~27
LowMissed 25+ TD
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
Watch Highlights

Model confidence

Success Probability

35%

YearTeamGGSCmpAttPass YdsPass TDINTRush YdsRush TDTotal TD
2021NYJ13132133832,334911185413
2022NYJ991322421,6886710217
2023NYJ12112213682,2718721108
2025MIA406113200100
SeasonTeamConfGCmpAttPass YdsPass TDINTRush YdsRush TDTotal TD
2018BYUBig 1251021641,26183198210
2019BYUBig 1271752792,10811795112
2020BYUBig 12112473363,6923332541043

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

35%

ML model output

Context Prob

35%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

0

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.484

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

Strong ascending production slope (+1215 yards/yr) — still improving at draft time+0.343
7,061 career receiving yards — elite multi-year volume+0.273
No height-adjusted speed data — missing combine measurement+0.265

Top Negative Factors

Physical upside: 0.59 — average athletic ceiling-0.560
Improvement accelerating (+1.9) — getting better faster each year-0.390
Season-to-season ypg consistency: 0.00 — variable output-0.368

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)