OT · pick 48 — first ever offensive tackle at #48 (1987)

OT·pick 48

FIRST OT EVER DRAFTED AT #48

Wally Kleine

Drafted by WAS — GM Bobby Beathard · Notre Dame

1987

OTs drafted at #48 in NFL history

most recent: Cody Mauch (TB, 2023)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1986, the model gave a offensive tackle at #48 a 5.8% chance in 1987.

Offensive tackle at #48, 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: 18.4% · 2027 model: 2.8%

Surrounding picks · 1987 draft

#43LBRick GrafMIA — GM Don Shula
#44LBRay BerryMIN — GM Mike Lynn
#45LBDavid WymanSEA — GM Mike McCormack
#46LBWalter JohnsonTEN — GM Ladd Herzeg
#47DEDonald EvansLAR — GM John Shaw
#49CBEric ThomasCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#50LBWinston MossTB — GM Phil Krueger
#51RBDon SmithTB — GM Phil Krueger
#52OTBruce WilkersonLV — GM Al Davis
#53CBLou BrockLAC — GM Steve Ortmayer

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 4 picks

2023Cody MauchTB — GM Jason Licht · North Dakota St.
2016Jason SpriggsGB — GM Ted Thompson · Indiana
2001Matt LightNE — GM Bill Belichick · Purdue
1997Adam MeadowsIND — GM Bill Tobin · Georgia

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