RB · pick 55 — first ever running back at #55 (1968)

RB·pick 55

FIRST RB EVER DRAFTED AT #55

Tom Smiley

Drafted by CIN · Lamar

1968

RBs drafted at #55 in NFL history

most recent: J.K. Dobbins (BAL, 2020)

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 #55, 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: 5.3%

Surrounding picks · 1968 draft

#50LBBob GrantIND
#51OGMike LaHoodLAR
#52QBKen StablerLV
#53WRJohn WrightATL
#54WRJim CoxMIA
#56QBGary DavisCIN
#57CBMajor HazeltonCHI
#58RBGarrett FordDEN
#59WRDave SzymakowskiNO
#60WRAaron MarshNE

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 5 picks

2020J.K. DobbinsBAL — GM Eric DeCosta · Ohio St.
2014Jeremy HillCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · LSU
2008Ray RiceBAL — GM Ozzie Newsome · Rutgers
2004Greg JonesJAX — GM James Harris · Florida St.
1997Marc EdwardsSF — GM Carmen Policy · Notre Dame

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