OT · pick 72 — first ever offensive tackle at #72 (1968)

OT·pick 72

FIRST OT EVER DRAFTED AT #72

Sam Walton

Drafted by NYJ · East Texas State

1968

OTs drafted at #72 in NFL history

most recent: Josh Jones (ARI, 2020)

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 #72, 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: 18.1% · 2027 model: 2.9%

Surrounding picks · 1968 draft

#67QBBilly StevensGB
#68LBAdrian YoungPHI
#69LBSkip VanderbundtSF
#70RBBobby DuhonNYG
#71LBEd HarmonDAL
#73SDick AndersonMIA
#74TECharlie SandersDET
#75OTBob VaughnDEN
#76LBMike McGillMIN
#77DEElvin BetheaTEN

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 3 picks

2020Josh JonesARI — GM Steve Keim · Houston
2015Jamon BrownLAR — GM Les Snead · Louisville
1973Krause, PaulPaul KrauseCLE · Central Michigan

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