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Mike Gesicki

Player breakdown

Mike Gesicki

Penn St. · 2018 Draft Class

6-5247 lbs2nd round, 42nd overallAge at Draft: 22Age: ~30
Elite700+ Receiving
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
Watch Highlights

Model confidence

Success Probability

77%

YearTeamGGSTgtRecYdsY/RTDY/G
2018MIA16732222029.2012.6
2019MIA165895157011.2535.6
2020MIA159855370313.3646.9
2021MIA1791127378010.7245.9
2022MIA171523236211.3521.3
2023NWE171045292448.4214.4
2024CIN173836566510.2239.1
2025CIN132422830711223.6
Career128465403533,83310.92429.9
SeasonTeamConfGRecYdsTDYPRYPG
2014Penn StateBig Ten911114010.412.7
2015Penn StateBig Ten81312509.615.6
2016Penn StateBig Ten1347668414.251.4
2017Penn StateBig Ten125351099.642.5
Career421241,4171311.433.7

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

77%

ML model output

Context Prob

77%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

0

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.854

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

890 conference-adjusted best-season yards — competition-normalized peak+0.630
129" broad jump — strong lower-body explosion+0.584
2.70 ypg per lb — average size-adjusted production+0.389

Top Negative Factors

Strong ascending production slope (+132 yards/yr) — still improving at draft time-0.450
12.7 ypg as a freshman — limited first-year impact-0.338
Speed × production: 77.7 — strong combined athletic output-0.316

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)