RB · pick 42 — first ever running back at #42 (1969)

RB·pick 42

FIRST RB EVER DRAFTED AT #42

Warren Bankston

Drafted by PIT · Tulane

1969

RBs drafted at #42 in NFL history

most recent: Charlie Garner (PHI, 1994)

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 #42, 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: 24.5% · 2027 model: 4.7%

Surrounding picks · 1969 draft

#37OTBob HeinzMIA
#38OTDave BradleyGB
#39OGEd WhiteMIN
#40WRJerry LeViasTEN
#41QBBobby DouglassCHI
#43WRVolly MurphyMIN
#44RBRon SayersLAC
#45DERichard NealNO
#47TEJim YarbroughDET
#48RBEd PodolakKC

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 2 picks

1994Charlie GarnerPHI — GM Harry Gamble · Tennessee
1990Carwell GardnerBUF — GM Bill Polian · Louisville

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