RB · pick 36 — first ever running back at #36 (1976)

RB·pick 36

FIRST RB EVER DRAFTED AT #36

Sonny Collins

Drafted by ATL · Kentucky

1976

RBs drafted at #36 in NFL history

most recent: Quinshon Judkins (CLE, 2025)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1975, the model gave a running back at #36 a 13.7% chance in 1976.

Running back at #36, 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: 25.0% · 2027 model: 4.5%

Surrounding picks · 1976 draft

#31OGDon MacekLAC
#32RBTony GalbreathNO
#33SShafer SuggsNYJ
#34DTCharles PhilyawLV
#35RBIke ForteNE
#37OGRay PinneyPIT
#38OGGlenn BujnochCIN
#39CBPat ThomasLAR
#40RBJim JensenDAL
#41DTCliff FrazierKC

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 5 picks

2025Quinshon JudkinsCLE — GM Andrew Berry · Ohio St.
2022Breece HallNYJ — GM Joe Douglas · Iowa St.
2015T.J. YeldonJAX — GM David Caldwell · Alabama
1997Tiki BarberNYG — GM George Young · Virginia
1990Anthony JohnsonIND — GM Jim Irsay/staff · Notre Dame

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