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Jerricho Cotchery

Player breakdown

Jerricho Cotchery

North Carolina St. · 2004 Draft Class

6-0212 lbs4th round, 108th overallAge at Draft: 22Age: ~44
Elite1000+ NFL
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

84%

YearTeamGGSTgtRecYdsY/RTDY/G
2004NYJ120116601005
2005NYJ161321925113.2015.7
2006NYJ16161258296111.7660.1
2007NYJ1515127821,13013.8275.3
2008NYJ16161127185812.1553.6
2009NYJ1412965782114.4358.6
2010NYJ145864143310.6230.9
2011PIT130301623714.8218.2
2012PIT142271720512.1014.6
2013PIT166764660213.11037.6
2014CAR1513784858012.1138.7
2015CAR143543948512.4334.6
Career175898545246,62312.63437.8
SeasonTeamConfGRecYdsTDYPRYPG
2000North Carolina StateACC10675012.57.5
2001North Carolina StateACC1141483411.843.9
2002North Carolina StateACC14671,192717.885.1
2003North Carolina StateACC13861,3691015.9105.3
Career482003,1192115.665.0

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

76%

ML model output

Context Prob

95%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

4

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.955

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

Program WR pipeline: 21% NFL 1000-yard conversion rate+1.285
7.5 ypg as a freshman — limited first-year impact+0.250
BMI 28.8 — outside ideal range for NFL WR (212 lbs)+0.245

Top Negative Factors

+9.0 ypg vs. draft class average — below class average-0.709
Physical production synergy-0.488
Improvement accelerating (+17.2) — getting better faster each year-0.414

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)