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Mitchell Evans

Player breakdown

Mitchell Evans

Notre Dame · 2025 Draft Class

6-5258 lbs5th round, 163rd overallAge at Draft: 22Age: ~23
LowMissed 700+ Rec
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

22%

YearTeamGGSTgtRecYdsY/RTDY/G
2025CAR171025191719210.1
SeasonTeamConfGRecYdsTDYPRYPG
2021Notre DameFBS Independents2221010.510.5
2023Notre DameFBS Independents728417014.959.6
2024Notre DameFBS Independents102927239.427.2
Career1959710312.037.4

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

22%

ML model output

Context Prob

22%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

0

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.854

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

115" broad jump — average lower-body explosion+0.595
Reception rate trend+0.278
Speed × production: 42.6 — average combined athletic output+0.188

Top Negative Factors

Strong ascending production slope (+125 yards/yr) — still improving at draft time-0.563
139 conference-adjusted best-season yards — competition-normalized peak-0.526
1.62 ypg per lb — average size-adjusted production-0.445

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)