OT · pick 172 — first ever offensive tackle at #172 (1968)

OT·pick 172

FIRST OT EVER DRAFTED AT #172

John Boynton

Drafted by MIA · Tennessee

1968

OTs drafted at #172 in NFL history

most recent: Kelly Butler (DET, 2004)

How rare was this draftigami?

No rarity score — the model compares each pick to its predictions for earlier seasons, and drafts from 1967–1969 sit before that runway is long enough.

Offensive tackle at #172, 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: 19.7% · 2027 model: 3.0%

Surrounding picks · 1968 draft

#167WROscar ReedMIN
#168CJohn HarperLV
#169OGRay PhillipsNO
#170QBJohn SchneiderNE
#171RBLenny SnowMIN
#173SPete RichardsonBUF
#174RBDoug DaltonPIT
#175WRGene HowardNO
#176RBBob BrunetWAS
#177WRKen HenryARI

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 5 picks

2004Kelly ButlerDET — GM Matt Millen · Purdue
1995Marcus PriceJAX — GM Tom Coughlin · LSU
1992Lance OlberdingCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · Iowa
1976Harper, CalvinCalvin HarperKC · Illinois State
1969Steven Van SinderenSF · Washington State

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