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DT Sheffield

Player breakdown

DT Sheffield

Rutgers · 2026 Draft Class

5-10175 lbsUndrafted / UpcomingAge: ~21
Low
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

10%

SeasonTeamConfGRecYdsTDYPRYPG
2023Washington StatePac-12242606.513
2024North TexasAmerican12668221112.568.5
2025RutgersBig Ten1244577513.148.1
Career261141,4251612.554.8

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

8%

ML model output

Context Prob

30%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

0

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.955

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

Program WR pipeline: 12% NFL 1000-yard conversion rate+1.135
Outperformed team passing efficiency by 1.03x — route-running independent of system+0.218
Season-to-season ypg consistency: 0.00 — variable output+0.197

Top Negative Factors

+0.0 ypg vs. draft class average — below class average-0.709
Improvement accelerating (+30.6) — getting better faster each year-0.548
Physical production synergy-0.494

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)