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Rishard Matthews

Player breakdown

Rishard Matthews

Nevada · 2012 Draft Class

6-0217 lbs7th round, 227th overallAge at Draft: 22Age: ~36
EliteDid Not Hit
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
Watch Highlights

Model confidence

Success Probability

75%

YearTeamGGSTgtRecYdsY/RTDY/G
2012MIA81201115113.7018.9
2014MIA140221213511.329.6
2015MIA1111614366215.4460.2
2016TEN1691086594514.5959.1
2017TEN1411875379515456.8
20182TM8095244.803
2018TEN3063113.703.7
2018NYJ5032136.502.6
Career79323161942,73614.11934.6
SeasonTeamConfGRecYdsTDYPRYPG
2010NevadaWAC1456879515.762.8
2011NevadaWAC12911,364815113.7
Career261472,2431315.386.3

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

74%

ML model output

Context Prob

82%

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+1.224
+29.3 ypg vs. draft class average — above average+0.284
Accounted for 3.33 yards per team pass attempt — alpha receiver share+0.221

Top Negative Factors

Recruit dominator synergy-0.215
0.09 TDs/catch — high-value usage pattern-0.205
51.2 yards per adjusted target opportunity — solid efficiency vs. opportunities-0.156

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)