ST · pick 171, First ST at #171 in the Common Draft since 1967, rounds 1-7, ST grouping. (1982)

ST·pick 171

FIRST ST IN OUR WINDOW AT #171

Gary Anderson

Drafted by BUF , GM Stew Barber · Syracuse

1982 · round 7

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

STs drafted at #171 in NFL history

most recent: Greg Zuerlein (LAR, 2012)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1981, the model gave a specialist at #171 a 3.1% chance in 1982.

Specialist at #171, 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: 4.3% · 2027 model: 2.6%

Surrounding picks · 1982 draft

#166DTArthur KingCIN , GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#167LBCraig BinghamPIT , GM Dick Haley
#168LBJeff RobertsNE , GM Bucko Kilroy
#169DEFletcher JenkinsIND , GM Ernie Accorsi
#170TEDan JohnsonMIA , GM Don Shula
#172DEEdmund NelsonPIT , GM Dick Haley
#173DEHenry WaechterCHI , GM Jim Finks
#174LBEugene WilliamsSEA , GM Mike McCormack
#175RBPhil BatesDET , GM Russ Thomas
#176RBDavid ToloumuATL , GM Eddie LeBaron

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 1 pick

2012Greg ZuerleinLAR , GM Les Snead · Missouri Western St.

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