RB · pick 224, First RB at #224 in the Common Draft since 1967, rounds 1-7, RB grouping. (1998)

RB·pick 224

FIRST RB IN OUR WINDOW AT #224

Ernest Blackwell

Drafted by KC , GM Carl Peterson · Missouri

1998 · round 7

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

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1997, the model gave a running back at #224 a 10.1% chance in 1998.

Running back at #224, 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: 15.1% · 2027 model: 8.2%

Surrounding picks · 1998 draft

#219LBNate WayneDEN , GM Mike Shanahan
#220DTChris AkinsPHI , GM Tom Modrak
#221DEAngel RubioPIT , GM Tom Donahoe
#222TEDamian VaughnCIN , GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#223RBTarik SmithDAL , GM Jerry Jones
#225CBTony DardenMIN , GM Frank Gilliam
#226SPat TillmanARI , GM Bob Ferguson
#227OGAntonio FlemingDAL , GM Jerry Jones
#228WRJim TurnerCAR , GM Dom Anile
#229CKevin LongTEN , GM Floyd Reese

Drafted at this same coordinate later

Nobody else has been drafted as this position at this pick number.

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