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David Johnson

Player breakdown

David Johnson

Arkansas St. · 2009 Draft Class

6-3190 lbs7th round, 241st overallAge at Draft: 22Age: ~39
LowMissed 700+ Rec
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
Watch Highlights

Model confidence

Success Probability

12%

YearTeamGGSTgtRecYdsY/RTDY/G
2009PIT1534294.500.6
2010PIT165644611.502.9
2011PIT16161412917.615.7
2013PIT52647017.5014
2014SDG142014400.3
2015SDG164214400.3
2016PIT1651178011.405
Career983743313049.813.1
SeasonTeamConfGRecYdsTDYPRYPG
2006Arkansas StateSun Belt113200115.4200
2007Arkansas StateSun Belt210204320.4102
2008Arkansas StateSun Belt322356516.2118.7
Career645760916.9126.7

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

12%

ML model output

Context Prob

12%

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+0.403
200.0 ypg as a freshman — elite first-year impact+0.252
Season-to-season ypg consistency: 0.01 — variable output+0.233

Top Negative Factors

Positive production trend (+78) — improving trajectory-0.723
237 conference-adjusted best-season yards — competition-normalized peak-0.511
0.00 ypg per lb — average size-adjusted production-0.402

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)