Post by Purple Pain on Apr 22, 2019 11:10:54 GMT -6
This is pretty crazy.
[OC] I made an interactive graphic with every player drafted since 1936 by BoMcCready
Link: public.tableau.com/views/EveryPlayerDraftedintotheNFL1936-2018/EveryPlayerDrafted?:embed=y&:display_count=yes&publish=yes:showVizHome=no
Click around. It's pretty freaking awesome.
[OC] I made an interactive graphic with every player drafted since 1936 by BoMcCready
Using data from Pro Football Reference and working in Tableau, I put together this history of the draft. Here are a few fun things I learned:
The first overall pick in the first NFL Draft was Jay Berwanger. He signed with the Eagles and was quickly acquired by the Bears. He declined to play for the Bears and instead chose to work at a rubber factory and become a part time coach.
In 1974, the Steelers drafted four future Hall of Famers.
Four of the top five picks in 1989 made the Hall of Fame.
Of the 240 Hall of Famers drafted since 1936, half were drafted within the first 20 picks.
Overall picks #1 and #6 have produced the most Hall of Famers, with 13 each.
Picks 188 through 193 in the 1990 Draft included five players who never played a regular season snap. The sixth was Shannon Sharpe.
The rate of drafted players actually playing in games improves every time the draft is shortened. However, even since 1994, when the draft went down to 7 rounds, you can see an increase. Does the spread of the internet mean teams have access to better info and tape, making them more likely to draft successfully?
What sticks out to you?
The first overall pick in the first NFL Draft was Jay Berwanger. He signed with the Eagles and was quickly acquired by the Bears. He declined to play for the Bears and instead chose to work at a rubber factory and become a part time coach.
In 1974, the Steelers drafted four future Hall of Famers.
Four of the top five picks in 1989 made the Hall of Fame.
Of the 240 Hall of Famers drafted since 1936, half were drafted within the first 20 picks.
Overall picks #1 and #6 have produced the most Hall of Famers, with 13 each.
Picks 188 through 193 in the 1990 Draft included five players who never played a regular season snap. The sixth was Shannon Sharpe.
The rate of drafted players actually playing in games improves every time the draft is shortened. However, even since 1994, when the draft went down to 7 rounds, you can see an increase. Does the spread of the internet mean teams have access to better info and tape, making them more likely to draft successfully?
What sticks out to you?
Link: public.tableau.com/views/EveryPlayerDraftedintotheNFL1936-2018/EveryPlayerDrafted?:embed=y&:display_count=yes&publish=yes:showVizHome=no
Click around. It's pretty freaking awesome.
holy effing amazing. I'm surprised Dan or myself didn't come up with that first. I wish you could sort it by draft pick, it would be interesting to see how the RB position has evolved to become less and less important in the draft. And it's not difficult to figure out why so many players never played a single snap back in those days. They had 47 rounds of the draft but only 12 teams lol. It's like geez, they drafted an entire rosters worth of rookies basically. But yeah, every single player drafted in the first 4 rounds in 2011 played at least 1 snap.
