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Brad Cottam

Player breakdown

Brad Cottam

Tennessee · 2008 Draft Class

6-7270 lbs3rd round, 76th overallAge at Draft: 23Age: ~41
LowMissed 700+ Rec
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
Watch Highlights

Model confidence

Success Probability

19%

YearTeamGGSTgtRecYdsY/RTDY/G
2008KAN16711763903.9
2009KAN8115912013.3015
Career248261618311.407.6
SeasonTeamConfGRecYdsTDYPRYPG
2004TennesseeSEC02340170
2006TennesseeSEC013157012.10
2007TennesseeSEC0494023.50
Career019285015.00.0

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

19%

ML model output

Context Prob

19%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

0

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.854

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

Class YPR rank: top 0% — elite per-target efficiency+0.364
Season-to-season ypg consistency: 0.02 — variable output+0.249
Efficiency consistency: 1.13 — highly consistent across seasons+0.236

Top Negative Factors

209 conference-adjusted best-season yards — competition-normalized peak-0.409
Broad jump not recorded at combine — missing explosive power data-0.386
0.58 ypg per lb — average size-adjusted production-0.385

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)