RB · pick 218 — first ever running back at #218 (1996)

RB·pick 218

FIRST RB EVER DRAFTED AT #218

Mike Archie

Drafted by TEN — GM Floyd Reese · Penn St.

1996

RBs drafted at #218 in NFL history

most recent: Mike Weber (DAL, 2019)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1995, the model gave a running back at #218 a 10.2% chance in 1996.

Running back at #218, 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: 28.2% · 2027 model: 7.9%

Surrounding picks · 1996 draft

#213OTLeslie RatliffeDEN — GM Mike Shanahan
#214CBConrad HamiltonNYG — GM George Young
#215LBJeremy AsherWAS — GM Charley Casserly
#216TELovett PurnellNE — GM Bill Parcells
#217WRDonnell BakerCAR — GM Bill Polian
#219OTRod JonesCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#220LBSedric ClarkLV — GM Al Davis era
#221SReggie RuskTB — GM Rich McKay
#222DTChuck OsborneLAR — GM John Shaw / Jay Zygmunt
#223OGJon MerrillMIN — GM Frank Gilliam

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 3 picks

2019Mike WeberDAL — GM Jerry Jones · Ohio St.
2003Malaefou MacKenzieJAX — GM James Harris · USC
1998Eddie WatsonGB — GM Ron Wolf · Purdue

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