RB · pick 53 — first ever running back at #53 (1980)

RB·pick 53

FIRST RB EVER DRAFTED AT #53

Perry Harrington

Drafted by PHI — GM Jim Murray · Jackson St.

1980

RBs drafted at #53 in NFL history

most recent: Miles Sanders (PHI, 2019)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1979, the model gave a running back at #53 a 14.8% chance in 1980.

Running back at #53, 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: 24.2% · 2027 model: 5.2%

Surrounding picks · 1980 draft

#48CDwight StephensonMIA — GM Don Shula
#49WRKevin HouseTB — GM Phil Krueger
#50OTIrv PankeyLAR — GM Don Klosterman
#51OTTim FoleyIND — GM Dick Szymanski
#52DTDaryle SkaugstadTEN — GM Bum Phillips
#54DECleveland CrosbyCLE — GM Art Modell/staff
#55DEMat MendenhallWAS — GM Bobby Beathard
#56DEJohn GoodmanPIT — GM Dick Haley
#57CTom TurnureDET — GM Russ Thomas
#58RBJewerl ThomasLAR — GM Don Klosterman

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 4 picks

2019Miles SandersPHI — GM Howie Roseman · Penn St.
2009LeSean McCoyPHI — GM Tom Heckert · Pittsburgh
1988Lars TateTB — GM Phil Krueger · Georgia
1985Owen GillSEA — GM Mike McCormack · Iowa

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