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Rashard Higgins

Player breakdown

Rashard Higgins

Colorado St. · 2016 Draft Class

6-1196 lbs5th round, 172nd overallAge at Draft: 21Age: ~31
EliteAll-American x1Did Not Hit
Major awards: 1Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

89%

YearTeamGGSTgtRecYdsY/RTDY/G
2016CLE1601267712.804.8
2017CLE154502731211.6220.8
2018CLE131533957214.7444
2019CLE1011145513.815.5
2020CLE136523759916.2446.1
2021CLE154472427511.5118.3
Career82162251371,89013.81223.0
SeasonTeamConfGRecYdsTDYPRYPG
2013Colorado StateMWC1468837612.359.8
2014Colorado StateMWC12961,7501718.2145.8
2015Colorado StateMWC12751,062814.288.5
Career382393,6493115.396.0

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

91%

ML model output

Context Prob

77%

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+1.236
Physical production synergy+0.415
36.0% TD share at small school — strong red-zone role+0.322

Top Negative Factors

Scout dominator depth synergy-0.295
Improvement accelerating (+1.1) — getting better faster each year-0.257
Recruit dominator synergy-0.229

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)