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Rashod Bateman

Player breakdown

Rashod Bateman

Minnesota · 2021 Draft Class

6-0190 lbs1st round, 27th overallAge at Draft: 21Age: ~26
EliteAll-American x1Did Not Hit
Major awards: 1Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

92%

YearTeamGGSTgtRecYdsY/RTDY/G
2021BAL124684651511.2142.9
2022BAL65281528519247.5
2023BAL1612563236711.5122.9
2024BAL1714724575616.8944.5
2025BAL1312381922411.8217.2
Career64472621572,14713.71533.5
SeasonTeamConfGRecYdsTDYPRYPG
2018MinnesotaBig Ten1351704613.854.2
2019MinnesotaBig Ten13601,2191120.393.8
2020MinnesotaBig Ten536472213.194.4
Career311472,3951916.377.3

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

98%

ML model output

Context Prob

82%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

3

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.955

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

Program WR pipeline: 13% NFL 1000-yard conversion rate+1.245
Physical production synergy+0.491
33.0% TD share at small school — strong red-zone role+0.322

Top Negative Factors

Recruit dominator synergy-0.184
Best season came before final year — may have plateaued-0.147
Season-to-season ypg consistency: 0.00 — variable output-0.147

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)