RB · pick 189 — first ever running back at #189 (1980)

RB·pick 189

FIRST RB EVER DRAFTED AT #189

Lester Brown

Drafted by DAL — GM Tex Schramm · Clemson

1980

RBs drafted at #189 in NFL history

most recent: Mike James (TB, 2013)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1979, the model gave a running back at #189 a 16.4% chance in 1980.

Running back at #189, 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: 26.6% · 2027 model: 8.1%

Surrounding picks · 1980 draft

#184OGJohn HavekostDEN — GM Edgar Kaiser/staff
#185TEJoe RoseMIA — GM Don Shula
#186OGJim LeonardTB — GM Phil Krueger
#187OGMelvin JonesWAS — GM Bobby Beathard
#188CBTerrell WardPHI — GM Jim Murray
#190RBBennie LeverettNYJ — GM Jim Kensil
#191STStuart DoddsLAC — GM Steve Ortmayer
#192RBGerry EllisLAR — GM Don Klosterman
#193WRNate JohnsonPIT — GM Dick Haley

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 3 picks

2013Mike JamesTB — GM Mark Dominik · Miami (FL)
2000Mike AndersonDEN — GM Mike Shanahan · Utah
1985Danny BradleyLAR — GM John Shaw · Oklahoma

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