RB · pick 3 — first ever running back at #3 (1969)

RB·pick 3

FIRST RB EVER DRAFTED AT #3

Leroy Keyes

Drafted by PHI · Purdue

1969

RBs drafted at #3 in NFL history

most recent: Jeremiyah Love (ARI, 2026)

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 #3, 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: 47.8% · 2027 model: 3.0%

Surrounding picks · 1969 draft

#1RBO. J. SimpsonBUF
#2OTGeorge KunzATL
#4DTJoe GreenePIT
#5QBGreg CookCIN
#6WRRon SellersNE
#7TETed KwalickSF
#8RBLarry SmithLAR

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 8 picks

2026Jeremiyah LoveARI · Notre Dame
2012Trent RichardsonCLE — GM Tom Heckert · Alabama
1993Garrison HearstARI — GM Bill Bidwill · Georgia
1989Barry SandersDET — GM Chuck Schmidt · Oklahoma St.
1987Alonzo HighsmithTEN — GM Ladd Herzeg · Miami (FL)
1983Curt WarnerSEA — GM Mike McCormack · Penn St.
1981Freeman McNeilNYJ — GM Jim Kensil · UCLA
1976Chuck MuncieNO · California

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