Predicting the Pros
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James Cook

Player breakdown

James Cook

Georgia · 2022 Draft Class

5-11199 lbs2nd round, 63rd overallAge at Draft: 22Age: ~26
High1000+ Scrimmage
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

74%

YearTeamGRush AttRush YdsRush TDRecRec YdsRec TDScrim Yds
2022BUF16895072211801687
2023BUF172371,12224444541,567
2024BUF162071,009163225821,267
2025BUF173091,621123329121,912
SeasonTeamConfGRush AttRush YdsRush TDRecRec YdsScrim Yds
2018GeorgiaSEC0412842889373
2019GeorgiaSEC028176216132308
2020GeorgiaSEC345303316225528
2021GeorgiaSEC7101619721157776

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

74%

ML model output

Context Prob

74%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

0

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.268

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

4.42s forty — average speed+0.395
3.90 ypg per lb — average size-adjusted production+0.360
Conference-adjusted speed score: 104.3 — speed measured against quality competition+0.280

Top Negative Factors

61 career receptions — limited volume-0.278
Recruiting pedigree did not match production output-0.229
0.31 TDs/catch — primary red-zone usage pattern-0.196

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)