CB · pick 149 — first ever cornerback at #149 (1985)

CB·pick 149

FIRST CB EVER DRAFTED AT #149

John Bostic

Drafted by KC — GM Jim Schaaf · Bethune-Cookman

1985

CBs drafted at #149 in NFL history

most recent: Josh Newton (CIN, 2024)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1984, the model gave a cornerback at #149 a 7.4% chance in 1985.

Cornerback at #149, 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 · 1985 draft

#144DEKurt PloegerDAL — GM Tex Schramm
#145WRGeorge ShorthoseMIA — GM Don Shula
#146OGStan ShortDET — GM Russ Thomas
#147OGMark KrerowiczCLE — GM Ernie Accorsi
#148CEric StokesCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#150CBTerry LewisLAC — GM Steve Ortmayer
#151OGJeff DeatonNYJ — GM Jim Kensil
#152CBReggie PleasantATL — GM Tom Braatz
#153LBJoe KrakoskiTEN — GM Ladd Herzeg
#154TEKeith LesterCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 4 picks

2024Josh NewtonCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · TCU
2017Damontae KazeeATL — GM Thomas Dimitroff · San Diego St.
2013Brandon McGeeLAR — GM Les Snead · Miami (FL)
1989A.J. JohnsonWAS — GM Bobby Beathard · Texas St.

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