RB · pick 53, First RB at #53 in the Common Draft since 1967, rounds 1-7, RB grouping. (1980)

RB·pick 53

FIRST RB IN OUR WINDOW AT #53

Perry Harrington

Drafted by PHI , GM Jim Murray · Jackson St.

1980 · round 2

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

RBs drafted at #53 in NFL history

most recent: Miles Sanders (PHI, 2019)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1979, the model gave a running back at #53 a 13.3% chance in 1980.

Running back at #53, 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: 16.2% · 2027 model: 5.8%

Surrounding picks · 1980 draft

#48CDwight StephensonMIA , GM Don Shula
#49WRKevin HouseTB , GM Phil Krueger
#50OTIrv PankeyLAR , GM Don Klosterman
#51OTTim FoleyIND , GM Dick Szymanski
#52DTDaryle SkaugstadTEN , GM Bum Phillips
#54DECleveland CrosbyCLE , GM Art Modell/staff
#55DEMat MendenhallWAS , GM Bobby Beathard
#56DEJohn GoodmanPIT , GM Dick Haley
#57CTom TurnureDET , GM Russ Thomas
#58RBJewerl ThomasLAR , GM Don Klosterman

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 4 picks

2019Miles SandersPHI , GM Howie Roseman · Penn St.
2009LeSean McCoyPHI , GM Tom Heckert · Pittsburgh
1988Lars TateTB , GM Phil Krueger · Georgia
1985Owen GillSEA , GM Mike McCormack · Iowa

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