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Brice Butler

Player breakdown

Brice Butler

San Diego St. · 2013 Draft Class

6-2178 lbs7th round, 209th overallAge at Draft: 23Age: ~36
LowDid Not Hit
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

8%

YearTeamGGSTgtRecYdsY/RTDY/G
2013OAK10217910311.4010.3
2014OAK150352128013.3218.7
2015DAL72261225821.5036.9
2016DAL163321621913.7313.7
2017DAL130231531721.1324.4
20182TM81106601017.5
2018DAL20100000
2018MIA61966010110
Career779153851,29715.31016.8
SeasonTeamConfGRecYdsTDYPRYPG
2009USCPac-101320292214.622.5
2010USCPac-10129112112.49.3
2011USCPac-121112150012.513.6
2012San Diego StateMWC1324347414.526.7
Career4965901713.918.4

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

3%

ML model output

Context Prob

38%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

2

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.955

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

Improvement accelerating (+0.2) — getting better faster each year+0.516
Season-to-season ypg consistency: 0.00 — variable output+0.275
Team averaged 23.8 pass attempts/game — run-heavy offensive system+0.177

Top Negative Factors

Program WR pipeline: 3% NFL 1000-yard conversion rate-2.254
-25.5 ypg vs. draft class average — below class average-0.553
Accounted for 1.12 yards per team pass attempt — featured receiver share-0.324

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)