OT · pick 55 — first ever offensive tackle at #55 (1981)

OT·pick 55

FIRST OT EVER DRAFTED AT #55

Dean Miraldi

Drafted by PHI — GM Jim Murray · Utah

1981

OTs drafted at #55 in NFL history

most recent: Max Scharping (HOU, 2019)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1980, the model gave a offensive tackle at #55 a 6.8% chance in 1981.

Offensive tackle at #55, 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: 18.3% · 2027 model: 2.8%

Surrounding picks · 1981 draft

#50WRByron FranklinBUF — GM Stew Barber
#51LBRickey JacksonNO — GM Ken Meyer/staff
#52RBJarvis RedwineMIN — GM Mike Lynn
#53WRDoug DonleyDAL — GM Tex Schramm
#54LBLyman WhiteATL — GM Eddie LeBaron
#56RBAndra FranklinMIA — GM Don Shula
#57DEFrank WarrenNO — GM Ken Meyer/staff
#58OGBill DuganSEA — GM John Thompson
#59WRJohn MistlerNYG — GM George Young
#60DTBen RudolphNYJ — GM Jim Kensil

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 3 picks

2019Max ScharpingHOU — GM Bill O'Brien · Northern Illinois
2006Andrew WhitworthCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · LSU
1982Darryl HaleyNE — GM Bucko Kilroy · Utah

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