OG · pick 179 — first ever offensive guard at #179 (1996)

OG·pick 179

FIRST OG EVER DRAFTED AT #179

Keno Hills

Drafted by NO — GM Bill Kuharich · Louisiana

1996

OGs drafted at #179 in NFL history

most recent: Enrique Cruz Jr. (SF, 2026)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1995, the model gave a offensive guard at #179 a 5.8% chance in 1996.

Offensive guard at #179, year by year

Each year's estimate uses only that year's draft and the years before it — no peeking ahead. The line smooths across neighboring picks and seasons so a single oddball draft doesn't dominate. The shaded band is the model's 90% uncertainty range.

Peak: 21.1% · 2027 model: 15.4%

Surrounding picks · 1996 draft

#174DEKelvin KinneyWAS — GM Charley Casserly
#175RBDerrick HarrisLAR — GM John Shaw / Jay Zygmunt
#176WRDietrich JellsKC — GM Carl Peterson
#177SAnthony DorsettTEN — GM Floyd Reese
#178LBTom TumultyCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#180WRNilo SilvanTB — GM Rich McKay
#181STony VelandDEN — GM Mike Shanahan
#182LBScott GalyonNYG — GM George Young
#183RBTim HallLV — GM Al Davis era
#184OGReggie GreenSEA — GM Mike Allman

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 5 picks

2026Enrique Cruz Jr.SF · Kansas
2024Sataoa LaumeaSEA — GM John Schneider · Utah
2014Jon HalapioNE — GM Bill Belichick · Florida
2012Andrew TillerNO — GM Mickey Loomis · Syracuse
2011Caleb SchlauderaffGB — GM Ted Thompson · Southern Utah

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