RB · pick 25 — first ever running back at #25 (1980)

RB·pick 25

FIRST RB EVER DRAFTED AT #25

Vagas Ferguson

Drafted by NE — GM Bucko Kilroy · Notre Dame

1980

RBs drafted at #25 in NFL history

most recent: Travis Etienne (JAX, 2021)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1979, the model gave a running back at #25 a 12.1% chance in 1980.

Running back at #25, 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: 26.8% · 2027 model: 3.9%

Surrounding picks · 1980 draft

#20DEJim StuckeySF — GM John McVay
#21CBDon McNealMIA — GM Don Shula
#22OGRay SnellTB — GM Phil Krueger
#23CBRoynell YoungPHI — GM Jim Murray
#24CBDerrick HatchettIND — GM Dick Szymanski
#26LBGeorge CumbyGB — GM Bart Starr
#27RBCharles WhiteCLE — GM Art Modell/staff
#28QBMark MalonePIT — GM Dick Haley
#29RBJoe CribbsBUF — GM Stew Barber
#30CBWillie TealMIN — GM Mike Lynn

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 4 picks

2021Travis EtienneJAX — GM Trent Baalke · Clemson
1994Greg HillKC — GM Carl Peterson · Texas A&M
1990Dexter CarterSF — GM John McVay · Florida St.
1987Terrence FlaglerSF — GM John McVay · Clemson

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