RB · pick 29 — first ever running back at #29 (1969)

RB·pick 29

FIRST RB EVER DRAFTED AT #29

Paul Gipson

Drafted by ATL · Houston

1969

RBs drafted at #29 in NFL history

most recent: John Avery (MIA, 1998)

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 #29, 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: 25.9% · 2027 model: 4.1%

Surrounding picks · 1969 draft

#24RBCalvin HillDAL
#25WREddie HintonIND
#26OTDave FoleyNYJ
#27RBBill EnyartBUF
#28LBErnie CallowayPHI
#30QBTerry HanrattyPIT
#31LBBill BergeyCIN
#32OGMike MontlerNE
#33LBTed HendricksIND
#34RBAltie TaylorDET

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 3 picks

1998John AveryMIA — GM Jimmy Johnson · Mississippi
1986Garry JamesDET — GM Russ Thomas · LSU
1980Joe CribbsBUF — GM Stew Barber · Auburn

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