RB · pick 126, First RB at #126 in the Common Draft since 1967, rounds 1-7, RB grouping. (1982)

RB·pick 126

FIRST RB IN OUR WINDOW AT #126

Mike Meade

Drafted by GB , GM Bart Starr · Penn St.

1982 · round 5

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

RBs drafted at #126 in NFL history

most recent: Dylan Sampson (CLE, 2025)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1981, the model gave a running back at #126 a 12.3% chance in 1982.

Running back at #126, 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: 15.7% · 2027 model: 8.6%

Surrounding picks · 1982 draft

#121DEMalcolm TaylorTEN , GM Ladd Herzeg
#122CBVon MansfieldATL , GM Eddie LeBaron
#123LBEd JacksonLV , GM Al Davis
#124OGKen DallafiorPIT , GM Dick Haley
#125RBEarl FerrellARI , GM Bill Bidwill
#127SWilliam GrahamDET , GM Russ Thomas
#128LBJeff DavisTB , GM Phil Krueger
#129CRich UmphreyNYG , GM George Young
#130RBDel ThompsonKC , GM Jim Schaaf
#131RBSammy WinderDEN , GM Edgar Kaiser/staff

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 8 picks

2025Dylan SampsonCLE , GM Andrew Berry · Tennessee
2021Chuba HubbardCAR , GM Scott Fitterer · Oklahoma St.
2018Ito SmithATL , GM Thomas Dimitroff · Southern Miss
2015Mike DavisSF , GM Trent Baalke · South Carolina
2011Bilal PowellNYJ , GM Mike Tannenbaum · Louisville
1993Kevin WilliamsDEN , GM John Beake · UCLA
1986Bobby Joe EdmondsSEA , GM Mike McCormack · Arkansas
1985Bruce KingKC , GM Jim Schaaf · Purdue

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