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Zach Ertz

Player breakdown

Zach Ertz

Stanford · 2013 Draft Class

6-5249 lbs2nd round, 35th overallAge at Draft: 22Age: ~35
EliteAll-American x1700+ Receiving
Major awards: 1Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

88%

YearTeamGGSTgtRecYdsY/RTDY/G
2013PHI163573646913429.3
2014PHI165895870212.1343.9
2015PHI1571127585311.4256.9
2016PHI14121067881610.5458.3
2017PHI14131107482411.1858.9
2018PHI16161561161,16310872.7
2019PHI15151358891610.4661.1
2020PHI111172363359.3130.5
20212TM17141127476310.3544.9
2021PHI63311818910.5231.5
2021ARI1111815657410.3352.2
2022ARI101069474068.6440.6
2023ARI7743271876.9126.7
2024WAS171791666549.9738.5
2025WAS1313725050410.1438.8
Career19815713368999,35510.46247.2
SeasonTeamConfGRecYdsTDYPRYPG
2010StanfordACC514151410.830.2
2011StanfordACC323308313.4102.7
2012StanfordACC669898613149.7
Career141061,3571312.896.9

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

88%

ML model output

Context Prob

88%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

0

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.854

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

1,077 conference-adjusted best-season yards — competition-normalized peak+0.645
111" broad jump — average lower-body explosion+0.542
3.61 ypg per lb — average size-adjusted production+0.394

Top Negative Factors

30.2 ypg as a freshman — limited first-year impact-0.321
Speed × production: 87.1 — strong combined athletic output-0.311
Class YPR rank: top 50% — average per-target efficiency-0.307

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)