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Justin McCareins

Player breakdown

Justin McCareins

Northern Illinois · 2001 Draft Class

6-2209 lbs4th round, 124th overallAge at Draft: 22Age: ~47
EliteDid Not Hit
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
Watch Highlights

Model confidence

Success Probability

84%

YearTeamGGSTgtRecYdsY/RTDY/G
2001TEN41338829.3022
2002TEN161481930115.8218.8
2003TEN1610824781317.3750.8
2004NYJ1616905677013.8448.1
2005NYJ16161044371316.6244.6
2006NYJ167402334715.1121.7
2007NYJ166461923212.2014.5
2008TEN1410723041213.7029.4
Career114674852403,67615.31632.2
SeasonTeamConfGRecYdsTDYPRYPG
2000Northern IllinoisMAC11661,1681017.7106.2

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

89%

ML model output

Context Prob

55%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

2

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.955

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

Program WR pipeline: 17% NFL 1000-yard conversion rate+1.172
Flat acceleration — consistent but not accelerating+0.604
77.0% TD share at small school — dominant alpha receiver red-zone role+0.312

Top Negative Factors

Physical production synergy-0.425
Scout dominator depth synergy-0.412
Recruit dominator synergy-0.312

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)