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Tyler Higbee

Player breakdown

Tyler Higbee

Western Kentucky · 2016 Draft Class

6-6249 lbs4th round, 110th overallAge at Draft: 23Age: ~33
High700+ Receiving
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
Watch Highlights

Model confidence

Success Probability

63%

YearTeamGGSTgtRecYdsY/RTDY/G
2016LAR1672911857.715.3
2017LAR1616452529511.8118.4
2018LAR1616342429212.2218.3
2019LAR1515896973410.6348.9
2020LAR1515604452111.8534.7
2021LAR151585615609.2537.3
2022LAR1717108726208.6336.5
2023LAR1515704749510.5233
2024LAR33128668.3222
2025LAR108362528111.2328.1
Career1381275683863,94910.22728.6
SeasonTeamConfGRecYdsTDYPRYPG
2011Western KentuckyConference USA129214692
2013Western KentuckyConference USA0131691130
2014Western KentuckyConference USA514226016.145.2
2015Western KentuckyConference USA938562014.862.4
Career15671,049215.769.9

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

63%

ML model output

Context Prob

63%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

0

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.854

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

Class YPR rank: top 0% — elite per-target efficiency+0.386
2.26 ypg per lb — average size-adjusted production+0.360
Reception rate trend+0.275

Top Negative Factors

374 conference-adjusted best-season yards — competition-normalized peak-0.476
Strong ascending production slope (+156 yards/yr) — still improving at draft time-0.470
Broad jump not recorded at combine — missing explosive power data-0.373

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)