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Aaron Hernandez

Player breakdown

Aaron Hernandez

Florida · 2010 Draft Class

6-2245 lbs4th round, 113th overallAge at Draft: 20Age: ~36
EliteJohn Mackey x1700+ Receiving
Major awards: 1Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

75%

YearTeamGGSTgtRecYdsY/RTDY/G
2010NWE147644556312.5640.2
2011NWE14121137991011.5765
2012NWE101083514839.5548.3
Career38292601751,95611.21851.5
SeasonTeamConfGRecYdsTDYPRYPG
2007FloridaSEC2612022060
2008FloridaSEC429324511.281
2009FloridaSEC368850512.5283.3
Career91031,2941212.6143.8

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

75%

ML model output

Context Prob

75%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

0

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.854

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

1,133 conference-adjusted best-season yards — competition-normalized peak+0.641
3.47 ypg per lb — average size-adjusted production+0.400
Strong ascending production slope (+365 yards/yr) — still improving at draft time+0.371

Top Negative Factors

60.0 ypg as a freshman — elite first-year impact-0.447
Broad jump not recorded at combine — missing explosive power data-0.363
Class YPR rank: top 56% — average per-target efficiency-0.335

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)