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Isaiah Likely

Player breakdown

Isaiah Likely

Coastal Carolina · 2022 Draft Class

6-5245 lbs4th round, 139th overallAge at Draft: 22Age: ~26
HighAll-Conference x1Missed 700+ Rec
Major awards: 1Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

58%

YearTeamGGSTgtRecYdsY/RTDY/G
2022BAL162603637310.4323.3
2023BAL178403041113.7524.2
2024BAL169584247711.4629.8
2025BAL147362730711.4121.9
Career63261941351,56811.61524.9
SeasonTeamConfGRecYdsTDYPRYPG
2018Coastal CarolinaSun Belt61210408.717.3
2019Coastal CarolinaSun Belt1231420013.535
2020Coastal CarolinaSun Belt925517420.757.4
2021Coastal CarolinaSun Belt1042605714.460.5
Career371101,6461115.044.5

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

39%

ML model output

Context Prob

39%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

0

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.854

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

2.47 ypg per lb — average size-adjusted production+0.394
Class YPR rank: top 12% — elite per-target efficiency+0.387
Reception rate trend+0.284

Top Negative Factors

403 conference-adjusted best-season yards — competition-normalized peak-0.506
Strong ascending production slope (+167 yards/yr) — still improving at draft time-0.473
Broad jump not recorded at combine — missing explosive power data-0.366

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)