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Mychal Rivera

Player breakdown

Mychal Rivera

Tennessee · 2013 Draft Class

6-3242 lbs6th round, 184th overallAge at Draft: 22Age: ~35
EliteMissed 700+ Rec
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

77%

YearTeamGGSTgtRecYdsY/RTDY/G
2013OAK163603840710.7425.4
2014OAK161099585349.2433.4
2015OAK16046322808.8117.5
2016OAK132251819210.7114.8
Career61152301461,4139.71023.2
SeasonTeamConfGRecYdsTDYPRYPG
2010TennesseeSEC0109709.70
2011TennesseeSEC129344111.9344
2012TennesseeSEC036562515.60
Career1751,003613.41003.0

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

112" broad jump — average lower-body explosion+0.600
749 conference-adjusted best-season yards — competition-normalized peak+0.562
2.32 ypg per lb — average size-adjusted production+0.353

Top Negative Factors

Reception rate trend-0.327
Best season: 344.0 ypg — elite 100+ ypg per-game ceiling-0.256
344.0 volume-adjusted ypg — elite output relative to team pass rate-0.251

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)