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Justin Gage

Player breakdown

Justin Gage

Missouri · 2003 Draft Class

6-4217 lbs5th round, 143rd overallAge at Draft: 22Age: ~45
HighDid Not Hit
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

69%

YearTeamGGSTgtRecYdsY/RTDY/G
2003CHI103351733819.9233.8
2004CHI16228121561309.8
2005CHI1511553134611.2223.1
2006CHI8084681708.5
2007TEN168855575013.6246.9
2008TEN1211743465119.1654.3
2009TEN1210672838313.7331.9
2010TEN114432026613.3124.2
Career100493952012,95814.71629.6
SeasonTeamConfGRecYdsTDYPRYPG
2000MissouriBig 121144709416.164.5
2001MissouriBig 121174920512.483.6
2002MissouriBig 1212821,075913.189.6
Career342002,7041813.579.5

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

72%

ML model output

Context Prob

50%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

1

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.955

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

Program WR pipeline: 13% NFL 1000-yard conversion rate+1.177
Physical production synergy+0.421
BMI 26.4 — ideal frame for NFL WR (217 lbs)+0.222

Top Negative Factors

Efficiency consistency: 1.19 — highly consistent across seasons-0.286
Recruit dominator synergy-0.228
0.09 TDs/catch — high-value usage pattern-0.204

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)