RB · pick 48 — first ever running back at #48 (1969)

RB·pick 48

FIRST RB EVER DRAFTED AT #48

Ed Podolak

Drafted by KC · Iowa

1969

RBs drafted at #48 in NFL history

most recent: Joe Mixon (CIN, 2017)

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 #48, 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: 24.3% · 2027 model: 5.0%

Surrounding picks · 1969 draft

#42RBWarren BankstonPIT
#43WRVolly MurphyMIN
#44RBRon SayersLAC
#45DERichard NealNO
#47TEJim YarbroughDET
#49WRRichmond FlowersDAL
#50OGGeorge BuehlerLV
#51CBTommy MaxwellIND
#52QBAl WoodallNYJ
#53DEJulian NunamakerBUF

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 7 picks

2017Joe MixonCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · Oklahoma
2013Le'Veon BellPIT — GM Kevin Colbert · Michigan St.
1992Siran StacyPHI — GM Harry Gamble · Alabama
1977Sidney ThorntonPIT · Northwestern State
1974Charlie DavisCIN · Colorado
1972Lydell MitchellIND · Penn State
1970John IsenbargerSF · Indiana

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