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Dawson Knox

Player breakdown

Dawson Knox

Mississippi · 2019 Draft Class

6-4254 lbs3rd round, 96th overallAge at Draft: 22Age: ~29
LowMissed 700+ Rec
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

16%

YearTeamGGSTgtRecYdsY/RTDY/G
2019BUF1511502838813.9225.9
2020BUF127442428812324
2021BUF1514714958712939.1
2022BUF1515654851710.8634.5
2023BUF121136221868.5215.5
2024BUF1613332231114.1119.4
2025BUF1712493641711.6424.5
Career102833482292,69411.82726.4
SeasonTeamConfGRecYdsTDYPRYPG
2017Ole MissSEC82330001337.5
2018Ole MissSEC915284018.931.6
Career1738584015.434.4

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

16%

ML model output

Context Prob

16%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

0

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.854

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

Class YPR rank: top 14% — elite per-target efficiency+0.373
Season-to-season ypg consistency: 0.09 — variable output+0.245
Declining production trend (-16) — peaked before final season+0.192

Top Negative Factors

37.5 ypg as a freshman — limited first-year impact-0.431
400 conference-adjusted best-season yards — competition-normalized peak-0.400
Broad jump not recorded at combine — missing explosive power data-0.391

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)