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Darnell Mooney

Player breakdown

Darnell Mooney

Tulane · 2020 Draft Class

5-10176 lbs5th round, 173rd overallAge at Draft: 22Age: ~28
High1000+ NFL
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

65%

YearTeamGGSTgtRecYdsY/RTDY/G
2020CHI169986163110.3439.4
2021CHI1714140811,05513462.1
2022CHI1212614049312.3241.1
2023CHI1514613141413.4127.6
2024ATL16161066499215.5562
2025ATL1515723244313.8129.5
Career91805383094,02813.01744.3
SeasonTeamConfGRecYdsTDYPRYPG
2016TulaneAmerican1224267211.122.3
2017TulaneAmerican1234599417.649.9
2018TulaneAmerican1348993820.776.4
2019TulaneAmerican1348713514.954.8
Career501542,5721916.751.4

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

75%

ML model output

Context Prob

46%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

3

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.955

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

Program WR pipeline: 12% NFL 1000-yard conversion rate+1.227
Physical production synergy+0.353
33.0% TD share at small school — strong red-zone role+0.317

Top Negative Factors

-0.7 ypg vs. draft class average — below class average-0.757
Scout dominator depth synergy-0.409
Improvement accelerating (+2.7) — getting better faster each year-0.325

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)