CB · pick 143 — first ever cornerback at #143 (1983)

CB·pick 143

FIRST CB EVER DRAFTED AT #143

Victor Heflin

Drafted by DEN — GM Edgar Kaiser/staff · Delaware St.

1983

CBs drafted at #143 in NFL history

most recent: Josh Norman (CAR, 2012)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1982, the model gave a cornerback at #143 a 8.0% chance in 1983.

Cornerback at #143, 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: 13.5%

Surrounding picks · 1983 draft

#138WRDokie WilliamsLV — GM Al Davis
#139DEJerome FosterTEN — GM Ladd Herzeg
#140WRGregg GarrityPIT — GM Dick Haley
#141WRTrumaine JohnsonLAC — GM Steve Ortmayer
#142SSteve HaworthTEN — GM Ladd Herzeg
#144OTGary KowalskiLAR — GM Don Klosterman
#145TETim StrackaCLE — GM Art Modell/staff
#146OTEllis GardnerKC — GM Jim Schaaf
#147WRVictor OatisPHI — GM Jim Murray
#148WRGene BrantonTB — GM Phil Krueger

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 6 picks

2012Josh NormanCAR — GM Marty Hurney · Coastal Carolina
2011Josh ThomasDAL — GM Jerry Jones · Buffalo
2009DeAngelo SmithDAL — GM Jerry Jones · Cincinnati
2008Orlando ScandrickDAL — GM Jerry Jones · Boise St.
1997George McCulloughTEN — GM Floyd Reese · Baylor
1995Clifton AbrahamTB — GM Rich McKay · Florida St.

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