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John Carlson

Player breakdown

John Carlson

Notre Dame · 2008 Draft Class

6-5251 lbs2nd round, 38th overallAge at Draft: 24Age: ~42
LowMissed 700+ Rec
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

9%

YearTeamGGSTgtRecYdsY/RTDY/G
2008SEA169805562711.4539.2
2009SEA1616835157411.3735.9
2010SEA1513583131810.3121.2
2012MIN146148435.403.1
2013MIN138483234410.8126.5
Career74522831771,90610.81425.8
SeasonTeamConfGRecYdsTDYPRYPG
2004Notre DameFBS Independents063105.20
2005Notre DameFBS Independents0756180
2006Notre DameFBS Independents446621413.5155.2
2007Notre DameFBS Independents34037239.3124
Career7991,080810.9154.3

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

9%

ML model output

Context Prob

9%

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+0.589
2.47 ypg per lb — average size-adjusted production+0.364
YPG ranked at 29th percentile in draft class — average relative to peers+0.189

Top Negative Factors

Strong ascending production slope (+113 yards/yr) — still improving at draft time-0.680
207 conference-adjusted best-season yards — competition-normalized peak-0.526
Class YPR rank: top 73% — average per-target efficiency-0.319

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)