RB · pick 35 — first ever running back at #35 (1967)

RB·pick 35

FIRST RB EVER DRAFTED AT #35

Don Shy

Drafted by PIT · San Diego State

1967 · earliest year in the data window

RBs drafted at #35 in NFL history

most recent: Javonte Williams (DEN, 2021)

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 #35, 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: 25.1% · 2027 model: 4.4%

Surrounding picks · 1967 draft

#30QBBob DavisTEN
#31DELeo CarrollATL
#32TETom BeerDEN
#33RBWillie EllisonLAR
#34CBLem BarneyDET
#37TERich SheronNYJ
#38DTSpain MusgroveWAS
#39OTTom HolzerSF
#40LBRon McCallLAC
#41WRDave DunawayGB

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 10 picks

2021Javonte WilliamsDEN — GM George Paton · North Carolina
2020D'Andre SwiftDET — GM Bob Quinn · Georgia
2018Nick ChubbCLE — GM John Dorsey · Georgia
1996Mike AlstottTB — GM Rich McKay · Purdue
1989Eric BallCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · UCLA
1987Christian OkoyeKC — GM Jim Schaaf · Azusa Pacific
1985Greg AllenCLE — GM Ernie Accorsi · Florida St.
1979Theotis BrownARI · UCLA
1976Ike ForteNE · Arkansas
1972Robert NewhouseDAL · Houston

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