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Kevin Jones

Player breakdown

Kevin Jones

Virginia Tech · 2004 Draft Class

6-0227 lbs1st round, 30th overallAge at Draft: 22Age: ~44
EliteAll-American x1All-Conference x11000+ Scrimmage
Major awards: 2Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

95%

YearTeamGRush AttRush YdsRush TDRecRec YdsRec TDScrim Yds
2004DET152411,13352818011,313
2005DET131866645201090773
2006DET1218168966152021,209
2007DET131535818321970778
2008CHI11341090250114
SeasonTeamConfGRush AttRush YdsRush TDRecRec YdsScrim Yds
2003Virginia TechACC122481,504178761,580

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

97%

ML model output

Context Prob

95%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

0

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.268

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

1 All-Conference selection — proven conference-level excellence+0.494
Conference-adjusted speed score: 111.0 — speed measured against quality competition+0.462
1,580 avg yards/season — elite per-season output+0.396

Top Negative Factors

8 career receptions — limited volume-0.278
6.96 ypg per lb — strong size-adjusted production-0.259
Rb best season rush share-0.220

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)