OT · pick 80 — first ever offensive tackle at #80 (1968)

OT·pick 80

FIRST OT EVER DRAFTED AT #80

Art Shell

Drafted by LV · Maryland-Eastern Shore

1968

OTs drafted at #80 in NFL history

most recent: Martinas Rankin (HOU, 2018)

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 #80, 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: 18.0% · 2027 model: 3.0%

Surrounding picks · 1968 draft

#75OTBob VaughnDEN
#76LBMike McGillMIN
#77DEElvin BetheaTEN
#78WRRich O'HaraIND
#79WRKen HebertPIT
#81OTDick HimesGB
#82RBPaul RobinsonCIN
#83STDale LivingstonCIN
#84SJess PhillipsCIN
#85RBDon FitzgeraldARI

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 5 picks

2018Martinas RankinHOU — GM Brian Gaine · Mississippi St.
2003Courtney Van BurenLAC — GM A.J. Smith · Ark-Pine Bluff
1989John HunterMIN — GM Mike Lynn · BYU
1983Steve MooreNE — GM Patrick Sullivan · Tennessee St.
1970Ed GeorgePIT · Wake Forest

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