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K.J. Hill

Player breakdown

K.J. Hill

Ohio St. · 2020 Draft Class

6-0196 lbs7th round, 220th overallAge at Draft: 22Age: ~28
LowDid Not Hit
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

20%

SeasonTeamConfGRecYdsTDYPRYPG
2016Ohio StateBig Ten1118262114.623.8
2017Ohio StateBig Ten145654939.839.2
2018Ohio StateBig Ten1470885612.663.2
2019Ohio StateBig Ten14576361011.245.4
Career532012,3322011.644.0

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

15%

ML model output

Context Prob

48%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

2

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.955

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

Program WR pipeline: 21% NFL 1000-yard conversion rate+1.190
Recruit dominator synergy+0.321
Outperformed team passing efficiency by 0.98x — route-running independent of system+0.187

Top Negative Factors

-10.4 ypg vs. draft class average — below class average-0.718
Accounted for 1.58 yards per team pass attempt — featured receiver share-0.404
Improvement accelerating (+2.4) — getting better faster each year-0.380

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)