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Tyler Conklin

Player breakdown

Tyler Conklin

Central Michigan · 2018 Draft Class

6-3254 lbs5th round, 157th overallAge at Draft: 23Age: ~31
LowMissed 700+ Rec
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

21%

YearTeamGGSTgtRecYdsY/RTDY/G
2018MIN163757715.404.8
2019MIN151108587.303.9
2020MIN162261919410.2112.1
2021MIN171587615939.7334.9
2022NYJ171687585529.5332.5
2023NYJ1712876162110.2036.5
2024NYJ161572514498.8428.1
2025LAC13510710114.407.8
Career127693862702,6459.81120.8
SeasonTeamConfGRecYdsTDYPRYPG
2015Central MichiganMid-American4695015.823.8
2016Central MichiganMid-American1137485013.144.1
2017Central MichiganMid-American728406014.558
Career2271986013.944.8

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

21%

ML model output

Context Prob

21%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

0

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.854

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

120" broad jump — strong lower-body explosion+0.608
Reception rate trend+0.263
Efficiency consistency: 1.14 — highly consistent across seasons+0.226

Top Negative Factors

Strong ascending production slope (+155 yards/yr) — still improving at draft time-0.547
161 conference-adjusted best-season yards — competition-normalized peak-0.521
23.8 ypg as a freshman — limited first-year impact-0.318

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)