CB · pick 156 — first ever cornerback at #156 (1968)

CB·pick 156

FIRST CB EVER DRAFTED AT #156

Essex Johnson

Drafted by CIN · Grambling

1968

CBs drafted at #156 in NFL history

most recent: Shaun Prater (CIN, 2012)

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 #156, 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: 18.6% · 2027 model: 13.2%

🟣 Unassigned DBs at pick #156

A defensive back was drafted at this pick whose CB-vs-S couldn't be confirmed (raw position label "DB" only). With further research one of these picks may turn out to be the actual draftigami at this cell.

1972Bolden, CharlesCharles BoldenDAL · Iowa

Surrounding picks · 1968 draft

#151LBFrank LaneARI
#152CBNathaniel JamesCLE
#153DEBill BelkSF
#154CJim SchmeddingCHI
#155QBDewey WarrenCIN
#158WRElmo MalpleCIN
#159LBD.D. LewisDAL
#160CBSidney EllisCIN
#161CBobby WebbLAR
#162WRRick EberATL

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 4 picks

2012Shaun PraterCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · Iowa
2005Eric KingBUF — GM Tom Donahoe · Wake Forest
1996Raymond JacksonBUF — GM John Butler · Colorado St.
1979Henry WilliamsLV · San Diego State

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