OG · pick 24 — first ever offensive guard at #24 (1982)

OG·pick 24

FIRST OG EVER DRAFTED AT #24

Roy Foster

Drafted by MIA — GM Don Shula · USC

1982

OGs drafted at #24 in NFL history

most recent: Donovan Jackson (MIN, 2025)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1981, the model gave a offensive guard at #24 a 7.0% chance in 1982.

Offensive guard at #24, 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: 29.2% · 2027 model: 20.8%

Surrounding picks · 1982 draft

#19WRPerry TuttleBUF — GM Stew Barber
#20WRMike QuickPHI — GM Jim Murray
#21RBGerald WillhiteDEN — GM Edgar Kaiser/staff
#22OGRon HallstromGB — GM Bart Starr
#23LBBob CrableNYJ — GM Jim Kensil
#25CBRod HillDAL — GM Tex Schramm
#26DEGlen CollinsCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#27DTLester WilliamsNE — GM Bucko Kilroy
#28DTLeo WisniewskiIND — GM Ernie Accorsi
#29OTBubba ParisSF — GM John McVay

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 4 picks

2025Donovan JacksonMIN — GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah · Ohio St.
2022Tyler SmithDAL — GM Jerry Jones · Tulsa
2012David DeCastroPIT — GM Kevin Colbert · Stanford
1989Tom RickettsPIT — GM Dick Haley · Pittsburgh

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