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Sloan Thomas

Player breakdown

Sloan Thomas

Texas · 2004 Draft Class

6-1203 lbs7th round, 211th overallAge at Draft: 22Age: ~44
LowDid Not Hit
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

13%

SeasonTeamConfGRecYdsTDYPRYPG
2000TexasBig 1289208323.126
2001TexasBig 12122943551536.3
2002TexasBig 121330383212.829.5
2003TexasBig 121320336216.825.8
Career46881,3621215.529.6

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

3%

ML model output

Context Prob

73%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

2

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.955

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

Program WR pipeline: 7% NFL 1000-yard conversion rate+0.207
Outperformed team passing efficiency by 0.94x — route-running independent of system+0.166
Recruit rating × conference strength: 0.89 — elite recruit at elite school+0.165

Top Negative Factors

-26.4 ypg vs. draft class average — below class average-0.792
0.26 TDs/game — limited scoring role in college-0.484
Accounted for 1.06 yards per team pass attempt — featured receiver share-0.406

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)