RB · pick 165 — first ever running back at #165 (1970)

RB·pick 165

FIRST RB EVER DRAFTED AT #165

Jim Strong

Drafted by SF · Houston

1970

RBs drafted at #165 in NFL history

most recent: Nicholas Singleton (TEN, 2026)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1969, the model gave a running back at #165 a 17.0% chance in 1970.

Running back at #165, 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: 25.6% · 2027 model: 8.2%

Surrounding picks · 1970 draft

#160RBOdell LawsonNE
#161OTWayne FowlerBUF
#162CBTed ProvostLAR
#163CBLemar ParrishCIN
#164TEJim McFarlandARI
#166DEWoodard, LonLon WoodardNO
#167CBRandy MontgomeryDEN
#168DTBill NelsonLAR
#169WROrcutt, GaryGary OrcuttATL
#171CBFabish, JimJim FabishLAC

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 6 picks

2026Nicholas SingletonTEN · Penn St.
2024Rasheen AliBAL — GM Eric DeCosta · Marshall
2003Chris DavisSEA — GM Mike Holmgren · Syracuse
1989Eric MitchelNE — GM Patrick Sullivan · Oklahoma
1983Larry KinnebrewCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · Tennessee St.
1981Edward O'NealNYG — GM George Young · Tuskegee

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