OG · pick 69 — first ever offensive guard at #69 (1981)

OG·pick 69

FIRST OG EVER DRAFTED AT #69

Russ Grimm

Drafted by WAS — GM Bobby Beathard · Pittsburgh

1981

OGs drafted at #69 in NFL history

most recent: Damien Lewis (SEA, 2020)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1980, the model gave a offensive guard at #69 a 7.6% chance in 1981.

Offensive guard at #69, 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: 24.7% · 2027 model: 14.4%

Surrounding picks · 1981 draft

#64CBJohn SimmonsCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#65SCarlton WilliamsonSF — GM John McVay
#66DERobert CobbLAR — GM Don Klosterman
#67WRKen MargerumCHI — GM Jim Finks
#68OTRandy Van DivierIND — GM Dick Szymanski
#70TEMarvin HarveyKC — GM Jim Schaaf
#71TEHoby BrennerNO — GM Ken Meyer/staff
#72OGDon GrecoDET — GM Russ Thomas
#73CRick DonnalleyPIT — GM Dick Haley
#74OTTim IrwinMIN — GM Mike Lynn

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 5 picks

2020Damien LewisSEA — GM John Schneider · LSU
1997Bob SappCHI — GM Mark Hatley · Washington
1996Ken BlackmanCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · Illinois
1990Glenn ParkerBUF — GM Bill Polian · Arizona
1986Joe MilinichikDET — GM Russ Thomas · North Carolina St.

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