RB · pick 171 — first ever running back at #171 (1968)

RB·pick 171

FIRST RB EVER DRAFTED AT #171

Lenny Snow

Drafted by MIN · Georgia Tech

1968

RBs drafted at #171 in NFL history

most recent: Alex Collins (SEA, 2016)

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 #171, 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: 25.8% · 2027 model: 8.2%

Surrounding picks · 1968 draft

#166TESteve SmithCIN
#167WROscar ReedMIN
#168CJohn HarperLV
#169OGRay PhillipsNO
#170QBJohn SchneiderNE
#172OTJohn BoyntonMIA
#173SPete RichardsonBUF
#174RBDoug DaltonPIT
#175WRGene HowardNO
#176RBBob BrunetWAS

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 7 picks

2016Alex CollinsSEA — GM John Schneider · Arkansas
2000Thomas HamnerPHI — GM Tom Modrak · Minnesota
1994Robert StraitCLE — GM Bill Belichick · Baylor
1991Ivory Lee BrownARI — GM Bill Bidwill · Ark-Pine Bluff
1987Kerry PorterBUF — GM Bill Polian · Washington St.
1972Moon, LanceLance MoonATL · Wisconsin
1969Mike RichardsonTEN · Southern Methodist

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