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Tyler Lockett

Player breakdown

Tyler Lockett

Kansas St. · 2015 Draft Class

5-10182 lbs3rd round, 69th overallAge at Draft: 22Age: ~33
Elite1000+ NFL
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
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Model confidence

Success Probability

93%

YearTeamGGSTgtRecYdsY/RTDY/G
2015SEA168695166413641.5
2016SEA159664159714.6139.8
2017SEA168714555512.3234.7
2018SEA1614705796516.91060.3
2019SEA1616110821,05712.9866.1
2020SEA16161321001,05410.51065.9
2021SEA1616107731,17516.1873.4
2022SEA1616117841,03312.3964.6
2023SEA17171227989411.3552.6
2024SEA1714744960012.2235.3
20252TM17255322919.1117.1
2025TEN712110707010
2025LVR101342222110122.1
Career19513810487259,17612.76347.1
SeasonTeamConfGRecYdsTDYPRYPG
2011Kansas StateBig 12918246313.727.3
2012Kansas StateBig 121344687415.652.8
2013Kansas StateBig 1212811,2621115.6105.2
2014Kansas StateBig 12131061,5151114.3116.5
Career472493,7102914.978.9

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

98%

ML model output

Context Prob

63%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

2

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.955

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

Program WR pipeline: 20% NFL 1000-yard conversion rate+1.247
Physical production synergy+0.421
36.0% TD share at small school — strong red-zone role+0.322

Top Negative Factors

Scout dominator depth synergy-0.303
Improvement accelerating (+5.2) — getting better faster each year-0.274
National recruit rank: #733 — unranked nationally-0.119

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)