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John Bates

Player breakdown

John Bates

Boise St. · 2021 Draft Class

6-5250 lbs4th round, 124th overallAge at Draft: 23Age: ~28
HighMissed 700+ Rec
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
Watch Highlights

Model confidence

Success Probability

64%

YearTeamGGSTgtRecYdsY/RTDY/G
2021WAS178252024912.5114.6
2022WAS16722141087.716.8
2023WAS17428191517.908.9
2024WAS1761388410.504.9
2025WAS151116111039.416.9
Career8236104726959.738.5
SeasonTeamConfGRecYdsTDYPRYPG
2017Boise StateMountain West2334011.317
2018Boise StateMountain West610155015.525.8
2019Boise StateMountain West102125311225.3
2020Boise StateMountain West31211709.839
Career2146559112.226.6

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

64%

ML model output

Context Prob

64%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

0

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.854

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

120" broad jump — strong lower-body explosion+0.621
Reception rate trend+0.278
Season-to-season ypg consistency: 0.01 — variable output+0.234

Top Negative Factors

219 conference-adjusted best-season yards — competition-normalized peak-0.430
1.01 ypg per lb — average size-adjusted production-0.386
Class YPR rank: top 60% — average per-target efficiency-0.317

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)