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Kene Nwangwu

Player breakdown

Kene Nwangwu

Iowa St. · 2021 Draft Class

4th round, 119th overallAge at Draft: 23Age: ~28
LowMissed 1000+ Scrim
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

3%

YearTeamGRush AttRush YdsRush TDRecRec YdsRec TDScrim Yds
2021MIN111361049070
2022MIN179140221035
2023MIN9513000013
2025NYJ121349000049
SeasonTeamConfGRush AttRush YdsRush TDRecRec YdsScrim Yds
2016Iowa StateBig 120271330116149
2018Iowa StateBig 120381430211154
2019Iowa StateBig 12016115018123
2020Iowa StateBig 120613394322361

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

3%

ML model output

Context Prob

3%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

0

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.268

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

0.0 alt. conference-adjusted ypg — cross-conference production comparison+0.429
0.00 ypg per lb — average size-adjusted production+0.360
4 career TDs — solid scoring production+0.188

Top Negative Factors

No combine speed data — model penalizes missing athleticism-0.483
Rb rush td rate-0.411
1 freshman catches — suppressed depth chart-0.364

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)