RB · pick 126 — first ever running back at #126 (1982)

RB·pick 126

FIRST RB EVER DRAFTED AT #126

Mike Meade

Drafted by GB — GM Bart Starr · Penn St.

1982

RBs drafted at #126 in NFL history

most recent: Dylan Sampson (CLE, 2025)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1981, the model gave a running back at #126 a 13.0% chance in 1982.

Running back at #126, 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: 8.0%

Surrounding picks · 1982 draft

#121DEMalcolm TaylorTEN — GM Ladd Herzeg
#122CBVon MansfieldATL — GM Eddie LeBaron
#123LBEd JacksonLV — GM Al Davis
#124OGKen DallafiorPIT — GM Dick Haley
#125RBEarl FerrellARI — GM Bill Bidwill
#127SWilliam GrahamDET — GM Russ Thomas
#128LBJeff DavisTB — GM Phil Krueger
#129CRich UmphreyNYG — GM George Young
#130RBDel ThompsonKC — GM Jim Schaaf
#131RBSammy WinderDEN — GM Edgar Kaiser/staff

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 8 picks

2025Dylan SampsonCLE — GM Andrew Berry · Tennessee
2021Chuba HubbardCAR — GM Scott Fitterer · Oklahoma St.
2018Ito SmithATL — GM Thomas Dimitroff · Southern Miss
2015Mike DavisSF — GM Trent Baalke · South Carolina
2011Bilal PowellNYJ — GM Mike Tannenbaum · Louisville
1993Kevin WilliamsDEN — GM John Beake · UCLA
1986Bobby Joe EdmondsSEA — GM Mike McCormack · Arkansas
1985Bruce KingKC — GM Jim Schaaf · Purdue

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