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Javen Nicholas

Player breakdown

Javen Nicholas

Charlotte · 2026 Draft Class

5-9190 lbsUndrafted / UpcomingAge: ~22
Low
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

12%

SeasonTeamConfGRecYdsTDYPRYPG
2022LSUSEC412020.5
2024LSUSEC12324082
2025CharlotteAmerican1260740512.361.7
Career2864766512.027.4

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

5%

ML model output

Context Prob

51%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

2

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.955

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

Season-to-season ypg consistency: 0.00 — variable output+0.214
Outperformed team passing efficiency by 0.67x — route-running independent of system+0.212
7.4 avg YPR per season — average consistent efficiency+0.185

Top Negative Factors

+0.0 ypg vs. draft class average — below class average-0.704
Program WR pipeline: 5% NFL 1000-yard conversion rate-0.579
Improvement accelerating (+369.0) — getting better faster each year-0.564

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)