RB · pick 26 — first ever running back at #26 (1967)

RB·pick 26

FIRST RB EVER DRAFTED AT #26

Leslie Kelley

Drafted by NO · Alabama

1967 · earliest year in the data window

RBs drafted at #26 in NFL history

most recent: Chris Perry (CIN, 2004)

How rare was this draftigami?

No rarity score — the model compares each pick to its predictions for earlier seasons, and drafts from 1967–1969 sit before that runway is long enough.

Running back at #26, 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: 26.6% · 2027 model: 4.0%

Surrounding picks · 1967 draft

#21CBJohn CharlesNE
#22SJohn PittsBUF
#23OGTom RegnerTEN
#24DTGene TroschKC
#25QBDon HornGB
#27SBo BurrisNO
#28RBBob GrimMIN
#29OTJim RileyMIA
#30QBBob DavisTEN
#31DELeo CarrollATL

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 6 picks

2004Chris PerryCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · Michigan
1989Cleveland GaryLAR — GM John Shaw · Miami (FL)
1986Reggie DupardNE — GM Patrick Sullivan · SMU
1985Steve SewellDEN — GM John Beake · Oklahoma
1984Greg BellBUF — GM Stew Barber · Notre Dame
1972Bill ThomasDAL · Boston College

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