CB · pick 159 — first ever cornerback at #159 (1981)

CB·pick 159

FIRST CB EVER DRAFTED AT #159

Bill Kay

Drafted by TEN — GM Ladd Herzeg · Purdue

1981

CBs drafted at #159 in NFL history

most recent: Trae Williams (JAX, 2008)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1980, the model gave a cornerback at #159 a 6.2% chance in 1981.

Cornerback at #159, 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: 13.1%

Surrounding picks · 1981 draft

#153DTDock LuckieKC — GM Jim Schaaf
#154CBFulton WalkerMIA — GM Don Shula
#156LBBryan HinklePIT — GM Dick Haley
#157OGRon WootenNE — GM Bucko Kilroy
#158DTWilliam DanielsLAR — GM Don Klosterman
#160DTRon SimmonsCLE — GM Art Modell/staff
#161WRRobert HoltBUF — GM Stew Barber
#162WRBobby DuckworthLAC — GM Steve Ortmayer
#163CBVince SkillingsDAL — GM Tex Schramm
#164DEHarry StanbackATL — GM Eddie LeBaron

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 2 picks

2008Trae WilliamsJAX — GM James Harris · South Florida
2000Kiwaukee ThomasJAX — GM Tom Coughlin · Georgia Southern

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