OT · pick 36 — first ever offensive tackle at #36 (1968)

OT·pick 36

FIRST OT EVER DRAFTED AT #36

Ernie Ruple

Drafted by PIT · Arkansas

1968

OTs drafted at #36 in NFL history

most recent: Anthony Clement (ARI, 1998)

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 #36, 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: 18.6% · 2027 model: 3.1%

Surrounding picks · 1968 draft

#31DECurley CulpDEN
#32OTTom FunchessNE
#33SCharlie WestMIN
#34DTBob TatarekBUF
#35LBJimmy KeyesMIA
#37STJerry DePoysterDET
#38LBTom RousselWAS
#39RBCyril PinderPHI
#40WRFred HyattARI
#41OTRich BuzinNYG

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 2 picks

1998Anthony ClementARI — GM Bob Ferguson · Louisiana
1988Jumbo ElliottNYG — GM George Young · Michigan

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