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DeVonta Smith

Player breakdown

DeVonta Smith

Alabama · 2021 Draft Class

6-1160 lbs1st round, 10th overallAge at Draft: 22Age: ~27
EliteHeisman x1Biletnikoff x1All-American x11000+ NFL
Major awards: 3Heisman votes: 1856NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

92%

YearTeamGGSTgtRecYdsY/RTDY/G
2021PHI17161046491614.3553.9
2022PHI1717136951,19612.6770.4
2023PHI1616112811,06613.2766.6
2024PHI1313896883312.3864.1
2025PHI1716113771,00813.1459.3
Career80785543855,01913.03162.7
SeasonTeamConfGRecYdsTDYPRYPG
2017AlabamaSEC14816032011.4
2018AlabamaSEC1442693616.549.5
2019AlabamaSEC13681,2561418.596.6
2020AlabamaSEC131171,8562315.9142.8
Career542353,9654616.973.4

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

85%

ML model output

Context Prob

95%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

8

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.955

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

Program WR pipeline: 33% NFL 1000-yard conversion rate+1.089
BMI 21.1 — outside ideal range for NFL WR (160 lbs)+0.265
Physical production synergy+0.236

Top Negative Factors

Improvement accelerating (+10.6) — getting better faster each year-0.489
Scout dominator depth synergy-0.428
Efficiency consistency: 1.19 — highly consistent across seasons-0.283

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)