RB · pick 39 — first ever running back at #39 (1968)

RB·pick 39

FIRST RB EVER DRAFTED AT #39

Cyril Pinder

Drafted by PHI · Illinois

1968

RBs drafted at #39 in NFL history

most recent: J.J. Johnson (MIA, 1999)

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 #39, 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: 24.7% · 2027 model: 4.6%

Surrounding picks · 1968 draft

#34DTBob TatarekBUF
#35LBJimmy KeyesMIA
#36OTErnie RuplePIT
#37STJerry DePoysterDET
#38LBTom RousselWAS
#40WRFred HyattARI
#41OTRich BuzinNYG
#42SBob AtkinsARI
#43CBill LenkaitisLAC
#44DESteve ThompsonNYJ

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 4 picks

1999J.J. JohnsonMIA — GM Jimmy Johnson · Mississippi St.
1991Eric BieniemyLAC — GM Bobby Beathard · Colorado
1989Daryl JohnstonDAL — GM Jerry Jones · Syracuse
1970Art MaloneATL · Arizona State

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