RB · pick 184 — first ever running back at #184 (1981)

RB·pick 184

FIRST RB EVER DRAFTED AT #184

Don Shaver

Drafted by MIN — GM Mike Lynn · Kutztown (PA)

1981

RBs drafted at #184 in NFL history

most recent: Devin Neal (NO, 2025)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1980, the model gave a running back at #184 a 16.6% chance in 1981.

Running back at #184, 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: 26.4% · 2027 model: 8.2%

Surrounding picks · 1981 draft

#179OTMike DaumMIA — GM Don Shula
#180RBBilly JacksonKC — GM Jim Schaaf
#181LBSteve BusickDEN — GM Edgar Kaiser/staff
#182OTLee SpiveyDET — GM Russ Thomas
#183LBDavid LittlePIT — GM Dick Haley
#185WRKen TolerNE — GM Bucko Kilroy
#186TEBrad ScovillSEA — GM John Thompson
#187LBEddie JohnsonCLE — GM Art Modell/staff
#188LBSteve DoolittleBUF — GM Stew Barber
#189TEPete HolohanLAC — GM Steve Ortmayer

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 7 picks

2025Devin NealNO — GM Mickey Loomis · Kansas
2021Ben MasonBAL — GM Eric DeCosta · Michigan
1997Daimon SheltonJAX — GM Tom Coughlin · Sacramento St.
1993Lance LewisIND — GM Jim Irsay/staff · Nebraska
1990Andy MurrayTEN — GM Mike Holovak · Kentucky
1988Bo WrightBUF — GM Bill Polian · Alabama
1986Jon FrancisNYG — GM George Young · Boise St.

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