CB · pick 141 — first ever cornerback at #141 (1978)

CB·pick 141

FIRST CB EVER DRAFTED AT #141

Bobby Jackson

Drafted by NYJ · Florida State

1978

CBs drafted at #141 in NFL history

most recent: Damarion Williams (BAL, 2022)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1977, the model gave a cornerback at #141 a 6.2% chance in 1978.

Cornerback at #141, 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: 18.4% · 2027 model: 13.6%

Surrounding picks · 1978 draft

#136TEDerrick RamseyLV
#137WRBrian DeRooNYG
#138OGRosen, RichRich RosenDAL
#139RBJohn SkibinskiCHI
#140CDavis, TomTom DavisLV
#142QBRieker, MikeMike RiekerNO
#143DTGregg RobinsonNYJ
#144OGLeotis HarrisGB
#145OTSmith, EricEric SmithBUF
#146WRStarks, GlennGlenn StarksSEA

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 8 picks

2022Damarion WilliamsBAL — GM Eric DeCosta · Houston
2020John ReidHOU — GM Bill O'Brien · Penn St.
2016Zack SanchezCAR — GM Dave Gettleman · Oklahoma
2010Joshua MooreCHI — GM Jerry Angelo · Kansas St.
1994Issac BoothCLE — GM Bill Belichick · California
1993Doug EvansGB — GM Ron Wolf · Louisiana Tech
1982Ricky SmithNE — GM Bucko Kilroy · Alabama St.
1980Jo HeathCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · Pittsburgh

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