RB · pick 2 — first ever running back at #2 (1967)

RB·pick 2

FIRST RB EVER DRAFTED AT #2

Clint Jones

Drafted by MIN · Michigan State

1967 · earliest year in the data window

RBs drafted at #2 in NFL history

most recent: Saquon Barkley (NYG, 2018)

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 #2, 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: 53.2% · 2027 model: 2.1%

Surrounding picks · 1967 draft

#1DTBubba SmithIND
#3QBSteve SpurrierSF
#4QBBob GrieseMIA
#5LBGeorge WebsterTEN
#6RBFloyd LittleDEN
#7RBMel FarrDET

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 8 picks

2018Saquon BarkleyNYG — GM Dave Gettleman · Penn St.
2006Reggie BushNO — GM Mickey Loomis · USC
2005Ronnie BrownMIA — GM Randy Mueller · Auburn
1994Marshall FaulkIND — GM Bill Tobin · San Diego St.
1990Blair ThomasNYJ — GM Dick Steinberg · Penn St.
1983Eric DickersonLAR — GM Don Klosterman · SMU
1977Tony DorsettDAL · Pittsburgh
1974Bo MatthewsLAC · Colorado

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