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Leland Smith

Player breakdown

Leland Smith

San Jose State · 2026 Draft Class

6-4215 lbsUndrafted / UpcomingAge: ~20
Low
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

11%

SeasonTeamConfGRecYdsTDYPRYPG
2024PurdueBig Ten126722126
2025San Jose StateMWC124368831657.3
Career2449760515.531.7

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

7%

ML model output

Context Prob

30%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

1

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.955

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

Recruit dominator synergy+0.395
Class YPR rank: top 19% — elite per-target efficiency+0.256
Season-to-season ypg consistency: 0.00 — variable output+0.255

Top Negative Factors

+0.0 ypg vs. draft class average — below class average-0.718
Program WR pipeline: 4% NFL 1000-yard conversion rate-0.707
Improvement accelerating (+8.6) — getting better faster each year-0.622

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)