RB · pick 10 — first ever running back at #10 (1982)

RB·pick 10

FIRST RB EVER DRAFTED AT #10

Marcus Allen

Drafted by LV — GM Al Davis · USC

1982

RBs drafted at #10 in NFL history

most recent: Todd Gurley (LAR, 2015)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1981, the model gave a running back at #10 a 13.6% chance in 1982.

Running back at #10, 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: 35.8% · 2027 model: 3.2%

Surrounding picks · 1982 draft

#5QBJim McMahonCHI — GM Jim Finks
#6DEJeff BryantSEA — GM Mike McCormack
#7RBDarrin NelsonMIN — GM Mike Lynn
#8OGMike MunchakTEN — GM Ladd Herzeg
#9RBGerald RiggsATL — GM Eddie LeBaron
#11WRAnthony HancockKC — GM Jim Schaaf
#12RBWalter AbercrombiePIT — GM Dick Haley
#13WRLindsay ScottNO — GM Ken Meyer/staff
#14RBBarry ReddenLAR — GM Don Klosterman
#15LBJimmy WilliamsDET — GM Russ Thomas

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 3 picks

2015Todd GurleyLAR — GM Les Snead · Georgia
1993Jerome BettisLAR — GM John Shaw · Notre Dame
1986Keith ByarsPHI — GM Harry Gamble · Ohio St.

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