RB · pick 58 — first ever running back at #58 (1968)

RB·pick 58

FIRST RB EVER DRAFTED AT #58

Garrett Ford

Drafted by DEN · West Virginia

1968

RBs drafted at #58 in NFL history

most recent: Montee Ball (DEN, 2013)

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 #58, 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: 24.1% · 2027 model: 5.4%

Surrounding picks · 1968 draft

#53WRJohn WrightATL
#54WRJim CoxMIA
#55RBTom SmileyCIN
#56QBGary DavisCIN
#57CBMajor HazeltonCHI
#59WRDave SzymakowskiNO
#60WRAaron MarshNE
#61CBJon HendersonPIT
#62OTJim UrbanekMIA
#63WRRichard TrappBUF

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 9 picks

2013Montee BallDEN — GM John Elway · Wisconsin
2010Ben TateHOU — GM Rick Smith · Auburn
2001Travis HenryBUF — GM Tom Donahoe · Tennessee
1994Donnell BennettKC — GM Carl Peterson · Miami (FL)
1980Jewerl ThomasLAR — GM Don Klosterman · San Jose St.
1976Sherman SmithSEA · Miami (OH)
1975Willard HarrellGB · Pacific
1970Charlie PittmanARI · Penn State
1969Carl GarrettNE · N.M. Highlands

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