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Tony Scheffler

Player breakdown

Tony Scheffler

Western Michigan · 2006 Draft Class

6-5254 lbs2nd round, 61st overallAge at Draft: 23Age: ~43
MediumMissed 700+ Rec
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
Watch Highlights

Model confidence

Success Probability

50%

YearTeamGGSTgtRecYdsY/RTDY/G
2006DEN135371828615.9422
2007DEN167654954911.2534.3
2008DEN137614064516.1349.6
2009DEN159503141613.4227.7
2010DET15472453788.4125.2
2011DET155432634713.3623.1
2012DET154854250412133.6
2013DET511278211.7016.4
Career107424252583,20712.42230.0
SeasonTeamConfGRecYdsTDYPRYPG
2004Western MichiganMid-American053570310.80
2005Western MichiganMid-American857670911.883.8
Career81101,2401211.3155.0

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

50%

ML model output

Context Prob

50%

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
2.64 ypg per lb — average size-adjusted production+0.356
570.0 ypg as a freshman — elite first-year impact+0.291

Top Negative Factors

Positive production trend (+100) — improving trajectory-0.657
223 conference-adjusted best-season yards — competition-normalized peak-0.526
Class YPR rank: top 80% — average per-target efficiency-0.320

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)