CB · pick 116 — first ever cornerback at #116 (1998)

CB·pick 116

FIRST CB EVER DRAFTED AT #116

Clarence Love

Drafted by PHI — GM Tom Modrak · Toledo

1998

CBs drafted at #116 in NFL history

most recent: Keionte Scott (TB, 2026)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1997, the model gave a cornerback at #116 a 10.7% chance in 1998.

Cornerback at #116, 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: 18.6% · 2027 model: 14.2%

🟣 Unassigned DBs at pick #116

A defensive back was drafted at this pick whose CB-vs-S couldn't be confirmed (raw position label "DB" only). With further research one of these picks may turn out to be the actual draftigami at this cell.

1968Jim SmithbergerNE · Notre Dame

Surrounding picks · 1998 draft

#111OTJason FabiniNYJ — GM Bill Parcells
#112DEBrandon WhitingPHI — GM Tom Modrak
#113LBShawn BarberWAS — GM Charley Casserly
#114WRTim DwightATL — GM Harold Richardson
#115DTLeonta RheamsNE — GM Bobby Grier
#117CBDeshea TownsendPIT — GM Tom Donahoe
#118DTHarry DeligianisJAX — GM Tom Coughlin
#119SLance SchultersSF — GM Carmen Policy
#120LBGreg FavorsKC — GM Carl Peterson
#121CBRoosevelt BlackmonGB — GM Ron Wolf

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 1 pick

2026Keionte ScottTB · Miami (FL)

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