CB · pick 166 — first ever cornerback at #166 (1998)

CB·pick 166

FIRST CB EVER DRAFTED AT #166

Elijah Williams

Drafted by ATL — GM Harold Richardson · Florida

1998

CBs drafted at #166 in NFL history

most recent: Keith Taylor (CAR, 2021)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1997, the model gave a cornerback at #166 a 9.2% chance in 1998.

Cornerback at #166, 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: 18.7% · 2027 model: 13.0%

Surrounding picks · 1998 draft

#161LBChris BordanoNO — GM Mike Ditka
#162DECarl HansenSEA — GM Mike Allman
#163DEEric OgboguNYJ — GM Bill Parcells
#164OTSammy WilliamsBAL — GM Ozzie Newsome
#165SDamien RichardsonCAR — GM Dom Anile
#167WRJason TuckerCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#168SLee WigginsTEN — GM Floyd Reese
#169WRBobby ShawSEA — GM Mike Allman
#170WRPatrick PalmerWAS — GM Charley Casserly
#171CNathan StrikwerdaMIA — GM Jimmy Johnson

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 1 pick

2021Keith TaylorCAR — GM Scott Fitterer · Washington

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