RB · pick 7 — first ever running back at #7 (1967)

RB·pick 7

FIRST RB EVER DRAFTED AT #7

Mel Farr

Drafted by DET · UCLA

1967 · earliest year in the data window

RBs drafted at #7 in NFL history

most recent: Adrian Peterson (MIN, 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 #7, 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: 38.4% · 2027 model: 3.4%

Surrounding picks · 1967 draft

#2RBClint JonesMIN
#3QBSteve SpurrierSF
#4QBBob GrieseMIA
#5LBGeorge WebsterTEN
#6RBFloyd LittleDEN
#8WRGene WashingtonMIN
#9OGBob HylandGB
#10DELoyd PhillipsCHI
#11OTCas BanaszekSF
#12OGPaul SeilerNYJ

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 6 picks

2007Adrian PetersonMIN — GM Rick Spielman · Oklahoma
2000Thomas JonesARI — GM Bob Ferguson · Virginia
1989Tim WorleyPIT — GM Dick Haley · Georgia
1982Darrin NelsonMIN — GM Mike Lynn · Stanford
1976Mike PruittCLE · Purdue
1971Joe ProfitATL · Northeast Louisiana

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