CB·pick 16
Raymond Clayborn
Drafted by NE · Texas
1977
8
CBs drafted at #16 in NFL history
most recent: Emmanuel Forbes (WAS, 2023)
How rare was this draftigami?
Trained on every pick through 1976, the model gave a cornerback at #16 a 7.8% chance in 1977.
Cornerback at #16, 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: 21.2% · 2027 model: 10.7%
Surrounding picks · 1977 draft
- #11OTMorris Towns
- #12DTPhil Dokes
- #13DEA. J. Duhe
- #14OTSteve August
- #15OTTed Albrecht
- #17LBRobert Jackson
- #18OGSteve Schindler
- #19QBSteve Pisarkiewicz
- #20DTWilson Faumuina
- #21LBRobin Cole
Drafted at this same coordinate later · 7 picks
- 2023Emmanuel Forbes
- 2020AJ Terrell
- 2017Marlon Humphrey
- 2015Kevin Johnson
- 2008Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie
- 2006Jason Allen
- 1990James Williams