RB · pick 224 — first ever running back at #224 (1998)

RB·pick 224

FIRST RB EVER DRAFTED AT #224

Ernest Blackwell

Drafted by KC — GM Carl Peterson · Missouri

1998

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1997, the model gave a running back at #224 a 9.3% chance in 1998.

Running back at #224, 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: 28.6% · 2027 model: 7.8%

Surrounding picks · 1998 draft

#219LBNate WayneDEN — GM Mike Shanahan
#220DTChris AkinsPHI — GM Tom Modrak
#221DEAngel RubioPIT — GM Tom Donahoe
#222TEDamian VaughnCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#223RBTarik SmithDAL — GM Jerry Jones
#225CBTony DardenMIN — GM Frank Gilliam
#226SPat TillmanARI — GM Bob Ferguson
#227OGAntonio FlemingDAL — GM Jerry Jones
#228WRJim TurnerCAR — GM Dom Anile
#229CKevin LongTEN — GM Floyd Reese

Drafted at this same coordinate later

Nobody else has been drafted as this position at this pick number.

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