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Ian Thomas

Player breakdown

Ian Thomas

Indiana · 2018 Draft Class

6-4259 lbs4th round, 101st overallAge at Draft: 22Age: ~30
LowMissed 700+ Rec
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

40%

YearTeamGGSTgtRecYdsY/RTDY/G
2018CAR16649363339.3220.8
2019CAR16330161368.518.5
2020CAR16831201457.319.1
2021CAR1713301818810.4011.1
2022CAR171730211979.4011.6
2023CAR125955611.204.7
2024CAR526372.301.4
2025LVR151013131148.807.6
Career114641981321,1768.9410.3
SeasonTeamConfGRecYdsTDYPRYPG
2016IndianaBig Ten112022
2017IndianaBig Ten923356015.539.6
Career1024358014.935.8

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

40%

ML model output

Context Prob

40%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

0

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.854

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

123" broad jump — strong lower-body explosion+0.547
Class YPR rank: top 25% — strong per-target efficiency+0.334
Reception rate trend+0.271

Top Negative Factors

1.37 ypg per lb — average size-adjusted production-0.462
474 conference-adjusted best-season yards — competition-normalized peak-0.378
2.0 ypg as a freshman — limited first-year impact-0.335

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)