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Ryan Whalen

Player breakdown

Ryan Whalen

Stanford · 2011 Draft Class

6-1202 lbs6th round, 167th overallAge at Draft: 22Age: ~37
LowDid Not Hit
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

25%

YearTeamGGSTgtRecYdsY/RTDY/G
2011CIN4054276.806.8
2012CIN90127537.605.9
Career1301711807.306.2
SeasonTeamConfGRecYdsTDYPRYPG
2007StanfordPac-10121110110.9
2008StanfordPac-101241508112.442.3
2009StanfordPac-101357926416.271.2
2010StanfordPac-101141439210.739.9
Career481401,884713.539.3

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

22%

ML model output

Context Prob

43%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

2

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.955

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

Program WR pipeline: 10% NFL 1000-yard conversion rate+1.151
0.9 ypg as a freshman — limited first-year impact+0.303
Accounted for 2.96 yards per team pass attempt — alpha receiver share+0.188

Top Negative Factors

-16.7 ypg vs. draft class average — below class average-0.761
Physical production synergy-0.581
0.15 TDs/game — limited scoring role in college-0.419

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)