RB·pick 1
O. J. Simpson
Drafted by BUF · USC
1969 · round unknown
Common Draft since 1967, rounds 1-7, RB grouping.
7
RBs drafted at #1 in NFL history
most recent: Ki-Jana Carter (CIN, 1995)
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 #1, 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: 24.3% · 2027 model: 1.3%
Surrounding picks · 1969 draft
- #2OTGeorge Kunz
- #3RBLeroy Keyes
- #4DTJoe Greene
- #5QBGreg Cook
- #6WRRon Sellers
Drafted at this same coordinate later · 6 picks
- 1995Ki-Jana Carter
- 1986Bo Jackson
- 1981George Rogers
- 1980Billy Sims
- 1978Earl Campbell
- 1977Ricky Bell