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Alex Smith

Player breakdown

Alex Smith

Stanford · 2005 Draft Class

6-4258 lbs3rd round, 71st overallAge at Draft: 23Age: ~44
HighMissed 700+ Rec
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

58%

YearTeamGGSTgtRecYdsY/RTDY/G
2005TAM161061413679222.9
2006TAM14753352507.1317.9
2007TAM1414533238512327.5
2008TAM1412382125011.9317.9
2009PHI16583258.301.6
2010CLE31116602
2011CLE14425141319.419.4
2012CLE1221813473.603.9
2013CIN1616312410.8
2015WAS31200000
Career122572651631,4739.01312.1
SeasonTeamConfGRecYdsTDYPRYPG
2004StanfordACC252706313.6353

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

58%

ML model output

Context Prob

58%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

0

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.854

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

847 conference-adjusted best-season yards — competition-normalized peak+0.465
Class YPR rank: top 11% — elite per-target efficiency+0.376
353.0 ypg as a freshman — elite first-year impact+0.284

Top Negative Factors

Broad jump not recorded at combine — missing explosive power data-0.408
Speed × production: 64.2 — strong combined athletic output-0.378
353.0 volume-adjusted ypg — elite output relative to team pass rate-0.277

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)