CB · pick 11 — first ever cornerback at #11 (1978)

CB·pick 11

FIRST CB EVER DRAFTED AT #11

Luther Bradley

Drafted by DET · Notre Dame

1978

CBs drafted at #11 in NFL history

most recent: Marshon Lattimore (NO, 2017)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1977, the model gave a cornerback at #11 a 7.2% chance in 1978.

Cornerback at #11, 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: 20.9% · 2027 model: 9.9%

Surrounding picks · 1978 draft

#6WRJames LoftonGB
#7TEKen MacAfeeSF
#8DERoss BrownerCIN
#9CBKeith SimpsonSEA
#10OTGordon KingNYG
#12LBClay MatthewsCLE
#13OTMike KennATL
#14WRJohn JeffersonLAC
#15STSteve LittleARI
#16CBlair BushCIN

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 10 picks

2017Marshon LattimoreNO — GM Mickey Loomis · Ohio St.
2016Vernon Hargreaves IIITB — GM Jason Licht · Florida
2015Trae WaynesMIN — GM Rick Spielman · Michigan St.
2008Leodis McKelvinBUF — GM Russ Brandon era · Troy
2003Marcus TrufantSEA — GM Mike Holmgren · Washington St.
1997Michael BookerATL — GM Harold Richardson · Nebraska
1996Alex MoldenNO — GM Bill Kuharich · Oregon
1989Donnell WoolfordCHI — GM Bill Tobin · Clemson
1985Richard JohnsonTEN — GM Ladd Herzeg · Wisconsin
1983Tim LewisGB — GM Bart Starr · Pittsburgh

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