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Kyle Pitts

Player breakdown

Kyle Pitts

Florida · 2021 Draft Class

6-5245 lbs1st round, 4th overallAge at Draft: 20Age: ~25
EliteJohn Mackey x1All-American x1All-Conference x1700+ Receiving
Major awards: 3Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

94%

YearTeamGGSTgtRecYdsY/RTDY/G
2021ATL1715110681,02615.1160.4
2022ATL1010592835612.7235.6
2023ATL1715905366712.6339.2
2024ATL1715744760212.8435.4
2025ATL17171188892810.5554.6
Career78724512843,57912.61545.9
SeasonTeamConfGRecYdsTDYPRYPG
2018FloridaSEC3373024.324.3
2019FloridaSEC1250595011.949.6
2020FloridaSEC738664017.594.9
Career22911,332014.660.5

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

91%

ML model output

Context Prob

91%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

0

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.854

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

885 conference-adjusted best-season yards — competition-normalized peak+0.642
129" broad jump — strong lower-body explosion+0.557
2.71 ypg per lb — average size-adjusted production+0.413

Top Negative Factors

24.3 ypg as a freshman — limited first-year impact-0.342
Speed × production: 83.7 — strong combined athletic output-0.321
BMI 29.1 — outside ideal range for NFL WR (245 lbs)-0.250

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)