RB · pick 125 — first ever running back at #125 (1968)

RB·pick 125

FIRST RB EVER DRAFTED AT #125

Dwight Lee

Drafted by SF · Michigan State

1968

RBs drafted at #125 in NFL history

most recent: Bucky Irving (TB, 2024)

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.

Running back at #125, 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: 24.5% · 2027 model: 7.9%

Surrounding picks · 1968 draft

#120WRPhil OdleDET
#121OTSteve DuichGB
#122OTMike DirksPHI
#123LBRocky RosemaARI
#124OTMark NordquistPHI
#126LBPaul ElzeyIND
#127WRCecil TurnerCHI
#128LBLee JacobsenNYJ
#129TEBill PerryLAC
#130OTBlaine NyeDAL

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 7 picks

2024Bucky IrvingTB — GM Jason Licht · Oregon
2015Javorius AllenBAL — GM Ozzie Newsome · USC
2013Johnathan FranklinGB — GM Ted Thompson · UCLA
2011Taiwan JonesLV — GM Al Davis era · Eastern Washington
1982Earl FerrellARI — GM Bill Bidwill · East Tennessee St.
1980Kenny LewisLV — GM Al Davis · Virginia Tech
1970Steve EngelCLE · Colorado

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