RB · pick 172 — first ever running back at #172 (1984)

RB·pick 172

FIRST RB EVER DRAFTED AT #172

Joe Hayes

Drafted by PHI — GM Jim Murray · Central Oklahoma

1984

RBs drafted at #172 in NFL history

most recent: Eric Gray (NYG, 2023)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1983, the model gave a running back at #172 a 14.9% chance in 1984.

Running back at #172, 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 · 1984 draft

#167OTCurt SingerWAS — GM Bobby Beathard
#168SStacey ToranLV — GM Al Davis
#169TEJay CarrollTB — GM Phil Krueger
#170RBWillie JoynerTEN — GM Ladd Herzeg
#171WRLionel ManuelNYG — GM George Young
#173CBKevin RossKC — GM Jim Schaaf
#174WRJesse BendrossLAC — GM Steve Ortmayer
#175LBKirk DodgeATL — GM Tom Braatz
#176SHarry HamiltonNYJ — GM Jim Kensil
#177LBLeo BarkerCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 7 picks

2023Eric GrayNYG — GM Joe Schoen · Oklahoma
2020Jason HuntleyDET — GM Bob Quinn · New Mexico St.
2008Thomas BrownATL — GM Thomas Dimitroff · Georgia
1999Cecil MartinPHI — GM Tom Modrak · Wisconsin
1989Undra JohnsonATL — GM Ken Herock · West Virginia
1988Gary PattonNYJ — GM Jim Kensil · Eastern Michigan
1985Kim LocklinCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · New Mexico St.

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