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Kareem Kelly

Player breakdown

Kareem Kelly

USC · 2003 Draft Class

6-0186 lbs6th round, 203rd overallAge: ~44
LowDid Not Hit
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

39%

SeasonTeamConfGRecYdsTDYPRYPG
2000USCPac-101155796414.572.4
2001USCPac-101146768316.769.8
2002USCPac-101346605413.246.5
Career351472,1691114.862.0

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

12%

ML model output

Context Prob

80%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

5

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.955

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

Program WR pipeline: 29% NFL 1000-yard conversion rate+1.218
Flat acceleration — consistent but not accelerating+0.686
Outperformed team passing efficiency by 1.03x — route-running independent of system+0.182

Top Negative Factors

+7.6 ypg vs. draft class average — below class average-0.729
0.31 TDs/game — limited scoring role in college-0.420
Accounted for 1.78 yards per team pass attempt — featured receiver share-0.407

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)