OT · pick 16 — first ever offensive tackle at #16 (1982)

OT·pick 16

FIRST OT EVER DRAFTED AT #16

Luis Sharpe

Drafted by ARI — GM Bill Bidwill · UCLA

1982

OTs drafted at #16 in NFL history

most recent: Taylor Decker (DET, 2016)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1981, the model gave a offensive tackle at #16 a 9.9% chance in 1982.

Offensive tackle at #16, 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: 19.1% · 2027 model: 6.0%

Surrounding picks · 1982 draft

#11WRAnthony HancockKC — GM Jim Schaaf
#12RBWalter AbercrombiePIT — GM Dick Haley
#13WRLindsay ScottNO — GM Ken Meyer/staff
#14RBBarry ReddenLAR — GM Don Klosterman
#15LBJimmy WilliamsDET — GM Russ Thomas
#17OGSean FarrellTB — GM Phil Krueger
#18RBButch WoolfolkNYG — GM George Young
#19WRPerry TuttleBUF — GM Stew Barber
#20WRMike QuickPHI — GM Jim Murray
#21RBGerald WillhiteDEN — GM Edgar Kaiser/staff

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 1 pick

2016Taylor DeckerDET — GM Bob Quinn · Ohio St.

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