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Dez Fitzpatrick

Player breakdown

Dez Fitzpatrick

Louisville · 2021 Draft Class

6-1208 lbs4th round, 109th overallAge at Draft: 23Age: ~28
HighDid Not Hit
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

59%

YearTeamGGSTgtRecYdsY/RTDY/G
2021TEN4085499.8112.3
SeasonTeamConfGRecYdsTDYPRYPG
2017LouisvilleACC1345699915.553.8
2018LouisvilleACC1231422313.635.2
2019LouisvilleACC1335635618.148.8
2020LouisvilleACC1143833319.475.7
Career491542,5892116.852.8

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

62%

ML model output

Context Prob

42%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

2

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.955

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

Program WR pipeline: 18% NFL 1000-yard conversion rate+1.292
Improvement accelerating (+0.2) — getting better faster each year+0.273
BMI 27.4 — outside ideal range for NFL WR (208 lbs)+0.217

Top Negative Factors

-3.1 ypg vs. draft class average — below class average-0.754
0.43 TDs/game — reliable scoring role in college-0.316
Recruit dominator synergy-0.229

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)