RB · pick 103 — first ever running back at #103 (1981)

RB·pick 103

FIRST RB EVER DRAFTED AT #103

Amos Lawrence

Drafted by LAC — GM Steve Ortmayer · North Carolina

1981

RBs drafted at #103 in NFL history

most recent: Devonta Freeman (ATL, 2014)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1980, the model gave a running back at #103 a 14.3% chance in 1981.

Running back at #103, 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: 24.2% · 2027 model: 7.4%

Surrounding picks · 1981 draft

#98QBMark HerrmannDEN — GM Edgar Kaiser/staff
#99WRTracy PorterDET — GM Russ Thomas
#100WRRobbie MartinPIT — GM Dick Haley
#101CBJohn SwainMIN — GM Mike Lynn
#102LBDon BlackmonNE — GM Bucko Kilroy
#104OGGeorge LiljaLAR — GM Don Klosterman
#105DTRichard TurnerGB — GM Bart Starr
#106OTNick EyreTEN — GM Ladd Herzeg
#107TEEric SieversLAC — GM Steve Ortmayer
#108LBDerrie NelsonDAL — GM Tex Schramm

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 9 picks

2014Devonta FreemanATL — GM Thomas Dimitroff · Florida St.
1999Sedrick IrvinDET — GM Chuck Schmidt · Michigan St.
1996Ricky WhittleNO — GM Bill Kuharich · Oregon
1995Larry JonesWAS — GM Charley Casserly · Miami (FL)
1992Edgar BennettGB — GM Ron Wolf · Florida St.
1986Vance MuellerLV — GM Al Davis · Occidental
1985Robert LavetteDAL — GM Tex Schramm · Georgia Tech
1984George WonsleyIND — GM Jim Irsay/staff · Mississippi St.
1982Dave BarrettTB — GM Phil Krueger · Houston

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