RB · pick 223 — first ever running back at #223 (1998)

RB·pick 223

FIRST RB EVER DRAFTED AT #223

Tarik Smith

Drafted by DAL — GM Jerry Jones · California

1998

RBs drafted at #223 in NFL history

most recent: Damien Martinez (SEA, 2025)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1997, the model gave a running back at #223 a 9.3% chance in 1998.

Running back at #223, 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: 28.5% · 2027 model: 7.8%

Surrounding picks · 1998 draft

#218RBEddie WatsonGB — GM Ron Wolf
#219LBNate WayneDEN — GM Mike Shanahan
#220DTChris AkinsPHI — GM Tom Modrak
#221DEAngel RubioPIT — GM Tom Donahoe
#222TEDamian VaughnCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#224RBErnest BlackwellKC — GM Carl Peterson
#225CBTony DardenMIN — GM Frank Gilliam
#226SPat TillmanARI — GM Bob Ferguson
#227OGAntonio FlemingDAL — GM Jerry Jones
#228WRJim TurnerCAR — GM Dom Anile

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 2 picks

2025Damien MartinezSEA — GM John Schneider · Miami (FL)
2011Shane BannonKC — GM Scott Pioli · Yale

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