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Bryant Johnson

Player breakdown

Bryant Johnson

Penn St. · 2003 Draft Class

6-2214 lbs1st round, 17th overallAge at Draft: 22Age: ~45
LowDid Not Hit
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

26%

YearTeamGGSTgtRecYdsY/RTDY/G
2003ARI158783543812.5129.2
2004ARI16111024953711133.6
2005ARI144724043210.8130.9
2006ARI168744074018.5446.3
2007ARI168884652811.5233
2008SFO1612754554612.1334.1
2009DET1616873541711.9326.1
2010DET147491821011.7015
2011HOU160126901515.6
Career139746373143,93812.51628.3
SeasonTeamConfGRecYdsTDYPRYPG
2000Penn StateBig Ten11485121.37.7
2001Penn StateBig Ten115186631778.7
2002Penn StateBig Ten1348917419.170.5
Career351031,868818.153.4

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

10%

ML model output

Context Prob

56%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

3

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.955

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

Program WR pipeline: 15% NFL 1000-yard conversion rate+1.072
7.7 ypg as a freshman — limited first-year impact+0.236
Class YPR rank: top 16% — elite per-target efficiency+0.225

Top Negative Factors

-2.6 ypg vs. draft class average — below class average-0.757
Physical production synergy-0.555
Improvement accelerating (+9.8) — getting better faster each year-0.488

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)