RB · pick 149 — first ever running back at #149 (1969)

RB·pick 149

FIRST RB EVER DRAFTED AT #149

Amos Van Pelt

Drafted by ARI · Ball State

1969

RBs drafted at #149 in NFL history

most recent: Jaydon Blue (DAL, 2025)

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 #149, 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: 25.0% · 2027 model: 8.2%

Surrounding picks · 1969 draft

#144DEBill NicholsonCHI
#145DTLarry AdamsCLE
#146RBJim ThomasSF
#147WRTerry SwarnLAC
#148CBMarion BatesMIN
#150DTJoe RighettiCLE
#151LBPat CurranLAR
#152WRRick ShawDAL
#153CBJackie AllenLV
#154OTBill FortierIND

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 10 picks

2025Jaydon BlueDAL — GM Jerry Jones · Texas
2016Paul PerkinsNYG — GM Jerry Reese · UCLA
2015Jay AjayiMIA — GM Dennis Hickey · Boise St.
2011Dion LewisPHI — GM Howie Roseman · Pittsburgh
2008Tim HightowerARI — GM Rod Graves · Richmond
1994Dorsey LevensGB — GM Ron Wolf · Georgia Tech
1991Walter DeanGB — GM Tom Braatz · Grambling St.
1990Marcus WilsonLV — GM Al Davis · Virginia
1984Tony PaigeNYJ — GM Jim Kensil · Virginia Tech
1976Barnette, KeithKeith BarnetteMIN · Boston College

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