RB · pick 162 — first ever running back at #162 (1980)

RB·pick 162

FIRST RB EVER DRAFTED AT #162

Timmy Newsome

Drafted by DAL — GM Tex Schramm · Winston-Salem St.

1980

RBs drafted at #162 in NFL history

most recent: Jeremy McNichols (TB, 2017)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1979, the model gave a running back at #162 a 15.9% chance in 1980.

Running back at #162, 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: 25.4% · 2027 model: 8.2%

Surrounding picks · 1980 draft

#157OGKeith BishopDEN — GM Edgar Kaiser/staff
#158WREugene ByrdMIA — GM Don Shula
#159LBAndrew MelontreeCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#160WRPreston BrownNE — GM Bucko Kilroy
#161OTGreg MurthaPHI — GM Jim Murray
#163LBWayne HamiltonLAC — GM Steve Ortmayer
#164RBLarry HeaterKC — GM Jim Schaaf
#165OTTunch IlkinPIT — GM Dick Haley
#166STEddie MurrayDET — GM Russ Thomas
#167LBRon SimpkinsCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 3 picks

2017Jeremy McNicholsTB — GM Jason Licht · Boise St.
2004Thomas TapehPHI — GM Andy Reid · Minnesota
1989Heath ShermanPHI — GM Harry Gamble · Texas A&M-Kingsville

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