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Joel Dreessen

Player breakdown

Joel Dreessen

Colorado St. · 2005 Draft Class

6-4260 lbs6th round, 198th overallAge at Draft: 23Age: ~44
HighMissed 700+ Rec
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
Watch Highlights

Model confidence

Success Probability

69%

YearTeamGGSTgtRecYdsY/RTDY/G
2005NYJ140105418.202.9
2007HOU130645513.824.2
2008HOU163171177704.8
2009HOU1611392632012.3120
2010HOU1610553651814.4432.4
2011HOU1610392835312.6622.1
2012DEN161558413568.7522.3
2013DEN13097476.713.6
Career120492331581,76711.21914.7
SeasonTeamConfGRecYdsTDYPRYPG
2004Colorado StateMountain West34342739.9142.3

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

69%

ML model output

Context Prob

69%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

0

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.854

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

113" broad jump — average lower-body explosion+0.654
142.3 ypg as a freshman — elite first-year impact+0.291
Speed × production: 44.7 — average combined athletic output+0.203

Top Negative Factors

370 conference-adjusted best-season yards — competition-normalized peak-0.402
1.64 ypg per lb — average size-adjusted production-0.350
Class YPR rank: top 89% — average per-target efficiency-0.309

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)