RB · pick 49 — first ever running back at #49 (1967)

RB·pick 49

FIRST RB EVER DRAFTED AT #49

Roy Hopkins

Drafted by TEN · Texas Southern

1967 · earliest year in the data window

RBs drafted at #49 in NFL history

most recent: Kenny Irons (CIN, 2007)

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 #49, 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 · 1967 draft

#44OGJohn BrooksPHI
#45SRick VolkIND
#46RBLarry ConjarCLE
#47LBJim LynchKC
#48CBBob HowardLAC
#50LBWillie LanierKC
#51LBJim FlaniganGB
#52WRJohn GilliamNO
#53OTDave RoweNO
#54OTNorman DavisIND

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 9 picks

2007Kenny IronsCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · Auburn
2001LaMont JordanNYJ — GM Terry Bradway · Maryland
1999Joe MontgomeryNYG — GM Ernie Accorsi · Ohio St.
1993Roosevelt PottsIND — GM Jim Irsay/staff · La-Monroe
1983Roger CraigSF — GM John McVay · Nebraska
1977Pete JohnsonCIN · Ohio State
1975Stan WinfreyMIA · Arkansas State
1974Delvin WilliamsSF · Kansas
1971Joe OrdunaSF · Nebraska

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