CB · pick 118 — first ever cornerback at #118 (1979)

CB·pick 118

FIRST CB EVER DRAFTED AT #118

Steve Henry

Drafted by ARI · Emporia State

1979

CBs drafted at #118 in NFL history

most recent: Akayleb Evans (MIN, 2022)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1978, the model gave a cornerback at #118 a 6.5% chance in 1979.

Cornerback at #118, 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: 18.5% · 2027 model: 14.1%

Surrounding picks · 1979 draft

#113DECasey MerrillCIN
#114SRod KushBUF
#115CBLarry BrazielIND
#116QBDan ManucciBUF
#117TECleveland JacksonNYG
#119RBJerry AldridgeSF
#120RBHarlan HucklebyNO
#121OGHukill, BobBob HukillDAL
#122TEVictor HicksLAR
#123LBKelly KirchbaumNYJ

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 7 picks

2022Akayleb EvansMIN — GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah · Missouri
2018Anthony AverettBAL — GM Ozzie Newsome · Alabama
2016Juston BurrisNYJ — GM Mike Maccagnan · North Carolina St.
2011Jalil BrownKC — GM Scott Pioli · Colorado
1992Rogerick GreenTB — GM Phil Krueger · Kansas St.
1989David ArnoldPIT — GM Dick Haley · Michigan
1981James DavisLV — GM Al Davis · Southern

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