RB · pick 37 — first ever running back at #37 (1974)

RB·pick 37

FIRST RB EVER DRAFTED AT #37

Ed Shuttlesworth

Drafted by IND · Michigan

1974

RBs drafted at #37 in NFL history

most recent: Giovani Bernard (CIN, 2013)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1973, the model gave a running back at #37 a 14.7% chance in 1974.

Running back at #37, 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: 24.9% · 2027 model: 4.5%

Surrounding picks · 1974 draft

#32DEFred CookIND
#33LBGreg KindleARI
#34LBSteve NelsonNE
#35OTKeith FahnhorstSF
#36TEPaul SealNO
#38TEAndre TillmanMIA
#39DTBilly HowardDET
#40OTCorbett, BillyBilly CorbettCLE
#41OTCharlie GettyKC
#42DTCarl WaferDEN

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 5 picks

2013Giovani BernardCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · North Carolina
1998Robert HolcombeLAR — GM John Shaw / Jay Zygmunt · Illinois
1986Anthony ToneyPHI — GM Harry Gamble · Texas A&M
1977Tony ReedKC · Colorado
1975Anthony DavisNYJ · USC

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