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Van Jefferson

Player breakdown

Van Jefferson

Florida · 2020 Draft Class

6-1200 lbs2nd round, 57th overallAge at Draft: 24Age: ~30
LowDid Not Hit
Major awards: 0Heisman votes: 0NIL Contract Value: --
Watch Highlights

Model confidence

Success Probability

32%

YearTeamGGSTgtRecYdsY/RTDY/G
2020LAR160311922011.6113.8
2021LAR1717895080216647.2
2022LAR119442436915.4333.5
20232TM179432020910.5012.3
2023LAR5415810813.5021.6
2023ATL12528121018.408.4
2024PIT1712402427611.5216.2
2025TEN167522935012.1121.9
Career111633421862,43513.11321.9
SeasonTeamConfGRecYdsTDYPRYPG
2016Ole MissSEC1249543311.145.3
2017Ole MissSEC1042456110.945.6
2018FloridaSEC1335503614.438.7
2019FloridaSEC1349657613.450.5
Career481752,1591612.345.0

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

2%

ML model output

Context Prob

76%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

5

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.955

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

Improvement accelerating (+0.2) — getting better faster each year+0.312
Efficiency consistency: 1.04 — highly consistent across seasons+0.197
Recruit rating × conference strength: 0.95 — elite recruit at elite school+0.183

Top Negative Factors

Program WR pipeline: 1% NFL 1000-yard conversion rate-2.443
-9.8 ypg vs. draft class average — below class average-0.553
Accounted for 1.41 yards per team pass attempt — featured receiver share-0.311

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)