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Davante Adams

Player breakdown

Davante Adams

Fresno St. · 2014 Draft Class

6-1212 lbs2nd round, 53rd overallAge at Draft: 21Age: ~33
EliteAll-Conference x11000+ NFL
Major awards: 1Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
Watch Highlights

Model confidence

Success Probability

93%

YearTeamGGSTgtRecYdsY/RTDY/G
2014GNB1611663844611.7327.9
2015GNB131294504839.7137.2
2016GNB16151217599713.31262.3
2017GNB141411774885121063.2
2018GNB15151691111,38612.51392.4
2019GNB12121278399712583.1
2020GNB14141491151,37411.91898.1
2021GNB16161691231,55312.61197.1
2022LVR17171801001,51615.21489.2
2023LVR17171751031,14411.1867.3
20242TM1414141851,06312.5875.9
2024LVR33271820911.6169.7
2024NYJ11111146785412.7777.6
2025LAR14141146078913.21456.4
Career1921851763110213,69612.412571.3
SeasonTeamConfGRecYdsTDYPRYPG
2012Fresno StateMWC131021,3121412.9100.9
2013Fresno StateMWC131311,7192413.1132.2
Career262333,0313813.0116.6

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

99%

ML model output

Context Prob

45%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

1

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.955

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

Program WR pipeline: 12% NFL 1000-yard conversion rate+1.254
Recruit dominator synergy+0.419
43.0% TD share at small school — dominant alpha receiver red-zone role+0.316

Top Negative Factors

Season-to-season ypg consistency: 0.00 — variable output-0.156
Class YPR rank: top 83% — average per-target efficiency-0.142
Physical upside: 0.91 — elite athletic ceiling-0.136

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)