OT · pick 125 — first ever offensive tackle at #125 (1981)

OT·pick 125

FIRST OT EVER DRAFTED AT #125

Ken Lanier

Drafted by DEN — GM Edgar Kaiser/staff · Florida St.

1981

OTs drafted at #125 in NFL history

most recent: Jermon Bushrod (NO, 2007)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1980, the model gave a offensive tackle at #125 a 6.8% chance in 1981.

Offensive tackle at #125, 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: 18.1% · 2027 model: 3.2%

Surrounding picks · 1981 draft

#120TEBenjie PryorCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#121CBLynn ThomasSF — GM John McVay
#122RBArrington JonesSF — GM John McVay
#123DEWendell RayMIN — GM Mike Lynn
#124CTodd ThomasKC — GM Jim Schaaf
#126DEKen PooleMIA — GM Don Shula
#127WRRicky MartinPIT — GM Dick Haley
#128DTJerry BoyarskyNO — GM Ken Meyer/staff
#129OGLarry LeeDET — GM Russ Thomas
#130DESteve ClarkNE — GM Bucko Kilroy

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 3 picks

2007Jermon BushrodNO — GM Mickey Loomis · Towson
1999Jay HumphreyMIN — GM Frank Gilliam · Texas
1997Ed EllisNE — GM Bobby Grier · Buffalo

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