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Jake Ferguson

Player breakdown

Jake Ferguson

Wisconsin · 2022 Draft Class

6-5250 lbs4th round, 129th overallAge at Draft: 23Age: ~27
HighAll-Conference x1700+ Receiving
Major awards: 1Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

65%

YearTeamGGSTgtRecYdsY/RTDY/G
2022DAL16822191749.2210.9
2023DAL17161027176110.7544.8
2024DAL141486594948.4035.3
2025DAL1710102826007.3835.3
Career64483122312,0298.81531.7
SeasonTeamConfGRecYdsTDYPRYPG
2018WisconsinBig Ten1131412013.337.5
2019South FloridaAmerican Athletic117077
2019WisconsinBig Ten1328354012.627.2
2020WisconsinBig Ten52220819.541.6
2021WisconsinBig Ten1138395110.435.9
Career411201,376211.533.6

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

62%

ML model output

Context Prob

62%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

0

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.854

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

118" broad jump — average lower-body explosion+0.654
Season-to-season ypg consistency: 0.01 — variable output+0.244
Reception rate trend+0.242

Top Negative Factors

37.5 ypg as a freshman — limited first-year impact-0.442
1.65 ypg per lb — average size-adjusted production-0.356
Class YPR rank: top 76% — average per-target efficiency-0.309

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)