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Vance McDonald

Player breakdown

Vance McDonald

Rice · 2013 Draft Class

6-4267 lbs2nd round, 55th overallAge at Draft: 23Age: ~36
LowMissed 700+ Rec
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

8%

YearTeamGGSTgtRecYdsY/RTDY/G
2013SFO15419811914.907.9
2014SFO8482301503.8
2015SFO1411463032610.9323.3
2017PIT107241418813.4118.8
2018PIT1514725061012.2440.7
2019PIT141455382737.2319.5
2020PIT14122015996.607.1
Career90662441571,64510.51118.3
SeasonTeamConfGRecYdsTDYPRYPG
2009RiceAmerican Athletic01211809.80
2010RiceAmerican Athletic528396814.179.2
2011RiceAmerican Athletic443532512.4133
2012RiceAmerican Athletic236458212.7229
Career111191,5041512.6136.7

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

8%

ML model output

Context Prob

8%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

0

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.854

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

119" broad jump — average lower-body explosion+0.567
118.0 ypg as a freshman — elite first-year impact+0.356
9.8 YPR in first season — average freshman efficiency+0.143

Top Negative Factors

Strong ascending production slope (+113 yards/yr) — still improving at draft time-0.695
177 conference-adjusted best-season yards — competition-normalized peak-0.532
Speed × production: 58.7 — average combined athletic output-0.362

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)