RB · pick 71 — first ever running back at #71 (1978)

RB·pick 71

FIRST RB EVER DRAFTED AT #71

Rickey Anderson

Drafted by LAC · South Carolina State

1978

RBs drafted at #71 in NFL history

most recent: Kendre Miller (NO, 2023)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1977, the model gave a running back at #71 a 15.3% chance in 1978.

Running back at #71, 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: 6.0%

Surrounding picks · 1978 draft

#66LBReggie WilkesPHI
#67RBLarry CollinsCLE
#68QBMark MillerCLE
#69CBDoug GreeneARI
#70OGStan WaldemoreATL
#72DTTed VincentCIN
#73QBGifford NielsenTEN
#74DTBrad ShearerCHI
#75LBWhip WaltonMIN
#76STCraig ColquittPIT

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 8 picks

2023Kendre MillerNO — GM Mickey Loomis · TCU
2018Royce FreemanDEN — GM John Elway · Oregon
2011DeMarco MurrayDAL — GM Jerry Jones · Oklahoma
2007Lorenzo BookerMIA — GM Randy Mueller · Florida St.
1997Duce StaleyPHI — GM Tom Modrak · South Carolina
1992Kevin TurnerNE — GM Sam Jankovich · Alabama
1989Elroy HarrisSEA — GM Tom Flores/Behring · Eastern Kentucky
1982Del RodgersGB — GM Bart Starr · Utah

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