Stats around positional drafting by rounds

[Hoofhearted]

Found this cool article around what the stats tell us about the success rate by position and round. This article 4 years old, but still has good data.

Here's the tl;dr version:

Quote:Historic Success Chart
The numbers show us the following outline for finding consistent starters:

1st Round - OL (83%) LB (70%) TE (67%) DB (64%) QB (63%) WR (58%) RB (58%) DL (58%)

2nd Round - OL (70%) LB (55%) TE (50%) WR (49%) DB (46%) QB (27%) DL (26%) RB (25%)

3rd Round - OL (40%) TE (39%) LB (34%) DL (27%) WR (25%) DB (24%) QB (17%) RB (16%)

4th Round - DL (37%) TE (33%) OL (29%) LB (16%) WR(12%) DB (11%) RB (11%) QB (8%)

5th Round - TE (32%) DB (17%) WR (16%) OL (16%) DL (13%) RB (9%) LB (4%) QB (0%)

6th Round - TE (26%) OL (16%) DL (13%) WR (9%) DB (8%) RB (6%) LB (5%) QB (0%)

7th Round - DB (11%) OL (9%) QB (6%) WR (5%) DL (3%) LB (2%) RB (0%) TE (0%)

I find the DL data to be fascinating. You have better odds of finding a starter in the fourth round than second and third? O-line was pretty interesting as it looks like we defied BOTH odds and drafted two "busts" in first two rounds. Also WR looks like a safe bet in the second round.Thoughts?