ST · pick 65 — first ever specialist at #65 (1980)

ST·pick 65

FIRST ST EVER DRAFTED AT #65

Jim Miller

Drafted by SF — GM John McVay · Mississippi

1980

STs drafted at #65 in NFL history

most recent: Nate Kaeding (LAC, 2004)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1979, the model gave a specialist at #65 a 2.2% chance in 1980.

Specialist at #65, 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: 4.8% · 2027 model: 0.5%

Surrounding picks · 1980 draft

#60OTJohn SinnottARI — GM Bill Bidwill
#61OGSyd KitsonGB — GM Bart Starr
#62WRMike FriedeDET — GM Russ Thomas
#63CBEarl JonesATL — GM Eddie LeBaron
#64DTMyron LapkaNYG — GM George Young
#66RBJames HadnotKC — GM Jim Schaaf
#67TEMark BrammerBUF — GM Stew Barber
#68OGBrent BoydMIN — GM Mike Lynn
#69LBLance MehlNYJ — GM Jim Kensil
#70CBLeRoy IrvinLAR — GM Don Klosterman

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 1 pick

2004Nate KaedingLAC — GM A.J. Smith · Iowa

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