RB · pick 85 — first ever running back at #85 (1968)

RB·pick 85

FIRST RB EVER DRAFTED AT #85

Don Fitzgerald

Drafted by ARI · Kent State

1968

RBs drafted at #85 in NFL history

most recent: B.J. Askew (NYJ, 2003)

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 #85, 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: 6.7%

Surrounding picks · 1968 draft

#80OTArt ShellLV
#81OTDick HimesGB
#82RBPaul RobinsonCIN
#83STDale LivingstonCIN
#84SJess PhillipsCIN
#86DTWillie CrittendonNO
#87OTEdgar ChandlerBUF
#88RBR. C. GambleNE
#89SMike FreemanMIN
#90TEMickey McCartyKC

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 4 picks

2003B.J. AskewNYJ — GM Terry Bradway · Michigan
2001Travis MinorMIA — GM Dave Wannstedt · Florida St.
1992Rodney CulverIND — GM Jim Irsay/staff · Notre Dame
1981Cliff ChatmanNYG — GM George Young · Central Oklahoma

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