RB · pick 215 — first ever running back at #215 (2009)

RB·pick 215

FIRST RB EVER DRAFTED AT #215

Fui Vakapuna

Drafted by CIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · BYU

2009

RBs drafted at #215 in NFL history

most recent: Zach Evans (LAR, 2023)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 2008, the model gave a running back at #215 a 9.9% chance in 2009.

Running back at #215, 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: 28.0% · 2027 model: 7.9%

Surrounding picks · 2009 draft

#210DTVance WalkerATL — GM Thomas Dimitroff
#211RBChris OgbonnayaLAR — GM Billy Devaney
#212RBJavarris WilliamsKC — GM Scott Pioli
#213OGPaul FanaikaPHI — GM Tom Heckert
#214LBJ.D. FolsomMIA — GM Jeff Ireland
#216CBCaptain MunnerlynCAR — GM Marty Hurney
#217CBE.J. BiggersTB — GM Mark Dominik
#218LBBrad JonesGB — GM Ted Thompson
#219SCurtis TaylorSF — GM Scot McCloughan
#220CBEllis LanksterBUF — GM Buddy Nix

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 2 picks

2023Zach EvansLAR — GM Les Snead · Mississippi
2013Tommy BohanonNYJ — GM John Idzik · Wake Forest

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