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Julian Edelman

Player breakdown

Julian Edelman

Kent St. · 2009 Draft Class

7th round, 232nd overallAge at Draft: 23Age: ~40
High1000+ NFL
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

60%

YearTeamGGSTgtRecYdsY/RTDY/G
2009NWE11754373599.7132.6
2010NWE1531478612.305.7
2011NWE13094348.502.6
2012NWE93322123511.2326.1
2013NWE16111511051,05610.1666
2014NWE14131349297210.6469.4
2015NWE99886169211.3776.9
2016NWE1613159981,10611.3369.1
2018NWE12121087485011.5670.8
2019NWE16131531001,11711.2669.8
2020NWE61392131515052.5
Career137859416206,82211.03649.8
SeasonTeamConfGRecYdsTDYPRYPG
2008Kent StateMAC121110110.9

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

65%

ML model output

Context Prob

30%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

1

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.955

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

Flat acceleration — consistent but not accelerating+0.863
Recruit dominator synergy+0.489
0.9 ypg as a freshman — limited first-year impact+0.294

Top Negative Factors

+0.0 ypg vs. draft class average — below class average-0.754
Program WR pipeline: 5% NFL 1000-yard conversion rate-0.543
0.00 TDs/game — limited scoring role in college-0.392

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)