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Predictions/Ja'Tavion Sanders
Ja'Tavion Sanders

Player breakdown

Ja'Tavion Sanders

Texas · 2024 Draft Class

6-4245 lbs4th round, 101st overallAge at Draft: 21Age: ~23
HighAll-Conference x2Missed 700+ Rec
Major awards: 2Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

68%

YearTeamGGSTgtRecYdsY/RTDY/G
2024CAR168433334210.4121.4
2025CAR13534291906.6114.6
Career291377625328.6218.3
SeasonTeamConfGRecYdsTDYPRYPG
2022TexasBig 121145529211.848.1
2023TexasBig 121032502015.750.2
Career21771,031213.449.1

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

55%

ML model output

Context Prob

55%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

0

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.854

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

Class YPR rank: top 25% — strong per-target efficiency+0.366
Season-to-season ypg consistency: 0.05 — variable output+0.271
-41.5 ypg vs. draft class average — below class average+0.181

Top Negative Factors

48.1 ypg as a freshman — solid first-year impact-0.454
Broad jump not recorded at combine — missing explosive power data-0.402
58.9 alt. conference-adjusted ypg — cross-conference production comparison-0.251

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)