ST · pick 171 — first ever specialist at #171 (1982)

ST·pick 171

FIRST ST EVER DRAFTED AT #171

Gary Anderson

Drafted by BUF — GM Stew Barber · Syracuse

1982

STs drafted at #171 in NFL history

most recent: Greg Zuerlein (LAR, 2012)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1981, the model gave a specialist at #171 a 2.9% chance in 1982.

Specialist at #171, 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: 7.6% · 2027 model: 2.4%

Surrounding picks · 1982 draft

#166DTArthur KingCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#167LBCraig BinghamPIT — GM Dick Haley
#168LBJeff RobertsNE — GM Bucko Kilroy
#169DEFletcher JenkinsIND — GM Ernie Accorsi
#170TEDan JohnsonMIA — GM Don Shula
#172DEEdmund NelsonPIT — GM Dick Haley
#173DEHenry WaechterCHI — GM Jim Finks
#174LBEugene WilliamsSEA — GM Mike McCormack
#175RBPhil BatesDET — GM Russ Thomas
#176RBDavid ToloumuATL — GM Eddie LeBaron

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 1 pick

2012Greg ZuerleinLAR — GM Les Snead · Missouri Western St.

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