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Casey Washington

Player breakdown

Casey Washington

Illinois · 2024 Draft Class

6-2200 lbs6th round, 187th overallAge at Draft: 23Age: ~25
LowDid Not Hit
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
Watch Highlights

Model confidence

Success Probability

14%

YearTeamGGSTgtRecYdsY/RTDY/G
2024ATL8021141401.8
2025ATL721469415.7013.4
Career15216710815.407.2
SeasonTeamConfGRecYdsTDYPRYPG
2019IllinoisBig Ten101113201213.2
2020IllinoisBig Ten810106010.613.3
2021IllinoisBig Ten122129401424.5
2022IllinoisBig Ten133130609.923.5
2023IllinoisBig Ten1249670413.755.8
Career551221,508412.427.4

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

9%

ML model output

Context Prob

37%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

1

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.955

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

Program WR pipeline: 11% NFL 1000-yard conversion rate+1.139
Recruit dominator synergy+0.504
Outperformed team passing efficiency by 0.99x — route-running independent of system+0.197

Top Negative Factors

-27.0 ypg vs. draft class average — below class average-0.740
0.07 TDs/game — limited scoring role in college-0.477
Improvement accelerating (+4.1) — getting better faster each year-0.456

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)