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Mike Thomas

Player breakdown

Mike Thomas

Arizona · 2009 Draft Class

5-8195 lbs4th round, 107th overallAge at Draft: 22Age: ~39
MediumDid Not Hit
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

52%

YearTeamGGSTgtRecYdsY/RTDY/G
2009JAX14462484539.4132.4
2010JAX16111026682012.4451.3
2011JAX151391444159.4127.7
20122TM1644018108616.8
2012JAX732713806.2011.4
2012DET91135285.613.1
2016LAR150933712.302.5
2017LAR81759318.6011.6
2019LAR1605214700.9
2020CIN140211313210.219.4
2021CIN1211155210.404.3
2022CIN102102381903.8
Career152403982242,27010.1914.9
SeasonTeamConfGRecYdsTDYPRYPG
2005ArizonaPac-101152771514.870.1
2006ArizonaPac-101250597211.949.8
2007ArizonaPac-1012831,0381112.586.5
2008ArizonaPac-101374825411.163.5
Career482593,2312212.567.3

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

53%

ML model output

Context Prob

45%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

1

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.955

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

Program WR pipeline: 12% NFL 1000-yard conversion rate+1.245
Recruit dominator synergy+0.544
Volume + efficiency: 0.59 — solid combined output within draft class+0.173

Top Negative Factors

Efficiency consistency: 1.19 — highly consistent across seasons-0.290
+12.9 ypg vs. draft class average — above average-0.278
Accounted for 1.96 yards per team pass attempt — featured receiver share-0.277

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)