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Steve Smith

Player breakdown

Steve Smith

USC · 2007 Draft Class

5-9184 lbs2nd round, 51st overallAge at Draft: 22Age: ~41
High1000+ NFL
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

64%

YearTeamGGSTgtRecYdsY/RTDY/G
2007NYG50148637.9012.6
2008NYG164825757410.1135.9
2009NYG16151571071,22011.4776.3
2010NYG97754852911358.8
2011PHI91201112411.3113.8
2012STL9225141319.4014.6
Career64293732452,64110.81241.3
SeasonTeamConfGRecYdsTDYPRYPG
2003USCPac-101217319218.826.6
2004USCPac-10842660615.782.5
2005USCPac-10136095751673.6
2006USCPac-1013711,083915.383.3
Career461903,0192215.965.6

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

56%

ML model output

Context Prob

79%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

3

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.955

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

Program WR pipeline: 29% NFL 1000-yard conversion rate+1.247
BMI 27.2 — outside ideal range for NFL WR (184 lbs)+0.242
Scout dominator depth synergy+0.218

Top Negative Factors

Physical production synergy-0.536
Improvement accelerating (+2.4) — getting better faster each year-0.354
Efficiency consistency: 1.18 — highly consistent across seasons-0.314

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)