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Carl Ford

Player breakdown

Carl Ford

Toledo · 2003 Draft Class

7th round, 256th overallAge at Draft: 22Age: ~45
LowDid Not Hit
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

8%

SeasonTeamConfGRecYdsTDYPRYPG
2000ToledoMAC1098609.68.6
2001ToledoMAC114664661458.7
2002ToledoMAC14791,062913.475.9
Career351341,7941513.451.3

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

1%

ML model output

Context Prob

48%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

2

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.955

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

8.6 ypg as a freshman — limited first-year impact+0.283
50.6 conference-adjusted ypg — SEC/Big Ten players penalized less than spread teams+0.171
51.3 career ypg — limited college production+0.125

Top Negative Factors

+0.0 ypg vs. draft class average — below class average-0.730
Program WR pipeline: 5% NFL 1000-yard conversion rate-0.659
Improvement accelerating (+11.3) — getting better faster each year-0.594

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)