CB · pick 148 — first ever cornerback at #148 (1969)

CB·pick 148

FIRST CB EVER DRAFTED AT #148

Marion Bates

Drafted by MIN · Texas Southern

1969

CBs drafted at #148 in NFL history

most recent: Bene Benwikere (CAR, 2014)

How rare was this draftigami?

No rarity score — the model compares each pick to its predictions for earlier seasons, and drafts from 1967–1969 sit before that runway is long enough.

Cornerback at #148, 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: 13.4%

Surrounding picks · 1969 draft

#143WRWillie GrateTEN
#144DEBill NicholsonCHI
#145DTLarry AdamsCLE
#146RBJim ThomasSF
#147WRTerry SwarnLAC
#149RBAmos Van PeltARI
#150DTJoe RighettiCLE
#151LBPat CurranLAR
#152WRRick ShawDAL
#153CBJackie AllenLV

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 7 picks

2014Bene BenwikereCAR — GM Dave Gettleman · San Jose St.
2012Chris GreenwoodDET — GM Martin Mayhew · Albion
2009Brandon HughesLAC — GM A.J. Smith · Oregon St.
1995William StrongNO — GM Bill Kuharich · North Carolina St.
1977Gary WoolfordTEN · Florida State
1975Roland WoolseyDAL · Boise State
1970Ron GardinIND · Arizona

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