CB · pick 126 — first ever cornerback at #126 (1977)

CB·pick 126

FIRST CB EVER DRAFTED AT #126

Lester Hayes

Drafted by LV · Texas A&M

1977

CBs drafted at #126 in NFL history

most recent: Howard Wilson (CLE, 2017)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1976, the model gave a cornerback at #126 a 6.5% chance in 1977.

Cornerback at #126, 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: 18.2% · 2027 model: 13.9%

🟣 Unassigned DBs at pick #126

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.

1983Matt Vanden BoomBUF · Wisconsin

Surrounding picks · 1977 draft

#121QBCliff StoudtPIT
#122RBNate SimpsonGB
#123RBLeroy HarrisMIA
#124RBClarence WilliamsLAC
#125OGSteve CoursonPIT
#127STNeil O'DonoghueBUF
#128QBCliff OlanderLAC
#129OTGregory, GaryGary GregoryNYJ
#130OGDonnie HickmanLAR
#131DTLee, ErnestErnest LeeARI

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 4 picks

2017Howard WilsonCLE — GM Sashi Brown · Houston
1992Michael WrightNYG — GM George Young · Washington St.
1991Reggie JonesNO — GM Jim Finks · Memphis
1988Rodney ThomasMIA — GM Don Shula · BYU

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