OT · pick 16, First OT at #16 in the Common Draft since 1967, rounds 1-7, OT grouping. (1982)

OT·pick 16

FIRST OT IN OUR WINDOW AT #16

Luis Sharpe

Drafted by ARI , GM Bill Bidwill · UCLA

1982 · round 1

Common Draft since 1967, rounds 1-7, OT grouping.

OTs drafted at #16 in NFL history

most recent: Taylor Decker (DET, 2016)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1981, the model gave a offensive tackle at #16 a 8.7% chance in 1982.

Offensive tackle at #16, 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: 11.2% · 2027 model: 7.0%

Surrounding picks · 1982 draft

#11WRAnthony HancockKC , GM Jim Schaaf
#12RBWalter AbercrombiePIT , GM Dick Haley
#13WRLindsay ScottNO , GM Ken Meyer/staff
#14RBBarry ReddenLAR , GM Don Klosterman
#15LBJimmy WilliamsDET , GM Russ Thomas
#17OGSean FarrellTB , GM Phil Krueger
#18RBButch WoolfolkNYG , GM George Young
#19WRPerry TuttleBUF , GM Stew Barber
#20WRMike QuickPHI , GM Jim Murray
#21RBGerald WillhiteDEN , GM Edgar Kaiser/staff

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 1 pick

2016Taylor DeckerDET , GM Bob Quinn · Ohio St.

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