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Donnie Avery

Player breakdown

Donnie Avery

Houston · 2008 Draft Class

5-11192 lbs2nd round, 33rd overallAge at Draft: 24Age: ~42
LowDid Not Hit
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

39%

YearTeamGGSTgtRecYdsY/RTDY/G
2008STL15121025367412.7344.9
2009STL1616974758912.5536.8
2011TEN80113451515.6
2012IND16151246078113348.8
2013KAN1614714059614.9237.3
2014KAN63261517611.7029.3
Career77604312182,86113.11437.2
SeasonTeamConfGRecYdsTDYPRYPG
2004HoustonCUSA1118293216.326.6
2005HoustonCUSA1244688515.657.3
2006HoustonCUSA1457852514.960.9
2007HoustonCUSA13911,456716112
Career502103,2891915.765.8

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

13%

ML model output

Context Prob

89%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

3

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.955

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

Recruit dominator synergy+0.389
Accounted for 3.33 yards per team pass attempt — alpha receiver share+0.221
Speed × production: 145.2 — elite combined athletic output+0.214

Top Negative Factors

Program WR pipeline: 4% NFL 1000-yard conversion rate-0.697
Physical production synergy-0.558
Improvement accelerating (+4.0) — getting better faster each year-0.439

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)