RB · pick 8 — first ever running back at #8 (1968)

RB·pick 8

FIRST RB EVER DRAFTED AT #8

Larry Csonka

Drafted by MIA · Syracuse

1968

RBs drafted at #8 in NFL history

most recent: Bijan Robinson (ATL, 2023)

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 #8, 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: 37.7% · 2027 model: 3.3%

Surrounding picks · 1968 draft

#3DEClaude HumphreyATL
#4OTRuss WashingtonLAC
#5LBFred CarrGB
#6DTDennis ByrdNE
#7DEKevin HardyNO
#9WRHaven MosesBUF
#10OTMike TaylorPIT
#11QBGreg LandryDET
#12SJim SmithWAS
#13RBMacArthur LaneARI

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 7 picks

2023Bijan RobinsonATL — GM Terry Fontenot · Texas
2017Christian McCaffreyCAR — GM Marty Hurney · Stanford
1996Tim BiakabutukaCAR — GM Bill Polian · Michigan
1983Michael HaddixPHI — GM Jim Murray · Mississippi St.
1979Ottis AndersonARI · Miami (FL)
1970Larry StegentARI · Texas A&M
1969Larry SmithLAR · Florida

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