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Javon Baker

Player breakdown

Javon Baker

Central Florida · 2024 Draft Class

6-1202 lbs4th round, 110th overallAge at Draft: 22Age: ~24
HighDid Not Hit
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

72%

YearTeamGGSTgtRecYdsY/RTDY/G
2024NWE11141121201.1
SeasonTeamConfGRecYdsTDYPRYPG
2020AlabamaSEC721507.52.1
2021AlabamaSEC117101114.49.2
2022UCFAmerican1456796514.256.9
2023UCFBig 1213521,139721.987.6
Career451172,0511317.545.6

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

61%

ML model output

Context Prob

85%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

4

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.955

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

Program WR pipeline: 11% NFL 1000-yard conversion rate+1.273
Class YPR rank: top 6% — elite per-target efficiency+0.213
Accounted for 3.11 yards per team pass attempt — alpha receiver share+0.210

Top Negative Factors

Physical production synergy-0.571
Improvement accelerating (+74.9) — getting better faster each year-0.465
Season-to-season ypg consistency: 0.00 — variable output-0.160

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)