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T.J. Hockenson

Player breakdown

T.J. Hockenson

Iowa · 2019 Draft Class

6-5251 lbs1st round, 8th overallAge at Draft: 22Age: ~29
Elite700+ Receiving
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

78%

YearTeamGGSTgtRecYdsY/RTDY/G
2019DET127593236711.5230.6
2020DET16161016772310.8645.2
2021DET121284615839.6448.6
20222TM17141298691410.6653.8
2022DET77432639515.2356.4
2022MIN10786605198.7351.9
2023MIN15111279596010.1564
2024MIN109624145511.1045.5
2025MIN151566514388.6329.2
Career114987575195,35410.33247.0
SeasonTeamConfGRecYdsTDYPRYPG
2017IowaBig Ten921299114.233.2
2018IowaBig Ten1244644414.653.7
Career2165943514.544.9

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

78%

ML model output

Context Prob

78%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

0

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.854

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

858 conference-adjusted best-season yards — competition-normalized peak+0.635
123" broad jump — strong lower-body explosion+0.614
2.57 ypg per lb — average size-adjusted production+0.379

Top Negative Factors

33.2 ypg as a freshman — limited first-year impact-0.326
Speed × production: 66.2 — strong combined athletic output-0.319
Class YPR rank: top 43% — average per-target efficiency-0.293

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)