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Jordy Nelson

Player breakdown

Jordy Nelson

Kansas St. · 2008 Draft Class

6-3217 lbs2nd round, 36th overallAge at Draft: 23Age: ~41
EliteAll-American x11000+ NFL
Major awards: 1Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

85%

YearTeamGGSTgtRecYdsY/RTDY/G
2008GNB162543336611.1222.9
2009GNB130312232014.5224.6
2010GNB164644558212.9236.4
2011GNB16996681,26318.61578.9
2012GNB1210734974515.2762.1
2013GNB1616127851,31415.5882.1
2014GNB1616151981,51915.51394.9
2016GNB1616152971,257131478.6
2017GNB151588534829.1632.1
2018OAK1514886373911.7349.3
Career1511029246138,58714.07256.9
SeasonTeamConfGRecYdsTDYPRYPG
2005Kansas StateBig 121145669814.960.8
2006Kansas StateBig 12133954711442.1
2007Kansas StateBig 12121221,6061113.2133.8
Career362062,8222013.778.4

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

91%

ML model output

Context Prob

55%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

1

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.955

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

Program WR pipeline: 20% NFL 1000-yard conversion rate+1.208
39.0% TD share at small school — strong red-zone role+0.337
Recruit dominator synergy+0.294

Top Negative Factors

Scout dominator depth synergy-0.248
0.10 TDs/catch — high-value usage pattern-0.222
Improvement accelerating (+1.4) — getting better faster each year-0.180

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)