OT · pick 4 — first ever offensive tackle at #4 (1968)

OT·pick 4

FIRST OT EVER DRAFTED AT #4

Russ Washington

Drafted by LAC · Missouri

1968

OTs drafted at #4 in NFL history

most recent: Will Campbell (NE, 2025)

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 #4, 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: 34.7% · 2027 model: 10.1%

Surrounding picks · 1968 draft

#1OTRon YaryMIN
#2CBob JohnsonCIN
#3DEClaude HumphreyATL
#5LBFred CarrGB
#6DTDennis ByrdNE
#7DEKevin HardyNO
#8RBLarry CsonkaMIA
#9WRHaven MosesBUF

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 12 picks

2025Will CampbellNE — GM Eliot Wolf · LSU
2020Andrew ThomasNYG — GM Dave Gettleman · Georgia
2013Lane JohnsonPHI — GM Howie Roseman · Oklahoma
2012Matt KalilMIN — GM Rick Spielman · USC
2010Trent WilliamsWAS — GM Bruce Allen · Oklahoma
2006D'Brickashaw FergusonNYJ — GM Mike Tannenbaum · Virginia
2002Mike WilliamsBUF — GM Tom Donahoe · Texas
1996Jonathan OgdenBAL — GM Ozzie Newsome · UCLA
1988Paul GruberTB — GM Phil Krueger · Wisconsin
1983Chris HintonDEN — GM Edgar Kaiser/staff · Northwestern
1978Chris WardNYJ · Ohio State
1977Marvin PowellNYJ · USC

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