CB · pick 15 — first ever cornerback at #15 (2000)

CB·pick 15

FIRST CB EVER DRAFTED AT #15

Deltha O'Neal

Drafted by DEN — GM Mike Shanahan · California

2000

CBs drafted at #15 in NFL history

most recent: Tye Hill (LAR, 2006)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1999, the model gave a cornerback at #15 a 12.6% chance in 2000.

Cornerback at #15, 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: 21.1% · 2027 model: 10.4%

Surrounding picks · 2000 draft

#10WRTravis TaylorBAL — GM Ozzie Newsome
#11RBRon DayneNYG — GM Ernie Accorsi
#12DEShaun EllisNYJ — GM Dick Haley
#13DEJohn AbrahamNYJ — GM Dick Haley
#14TEBubba FranksGB — GM Ron Wolf
#16LBJulian PetersonSF — GM Bill Walsh
#17STSebastian JanikowskiLV — GM Al Davis era
#18QBChad PenningtonNYJ — GM Dick Haley
#19RBShaun AlexanderSEA — GM Mike Holmgren
#20OTStockar McDougleDET — GM Chuck Schmidt

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 1 pick

2006Tye HillLAR — GM Jay Zygmunt · Clemson

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