CB · pick 173 — first ever cornerback at #173 (1981)

CB·pick 173

FIRST CB EVER DRAFTED AT #173

Ron Fellows

Drafted by DAL — GM Tex Schramm · Missouri

1981

CBs drafted at #173 in NFL history

most recent: Brian Allen (PIT, 2017)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1980, the model gave a cornerback at #173 a 6.0% chance in 1981.

Cornerback at #173, 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: 12.8%

Surrounding picks · 1981 draft

#168RBLouis JacksonNYG — GM George Young
#169DEKenny NeilNYJ — GM Jim Kensil
#170WRRon JohnsonSEA — GM John Thompson
#171CBKevin DonnalleyARI — GM Bill Bidwill
#172SBill WhitakerGB — GM Bart Starr
#174STAlan DuncanPHI — GM Jim Murray
#175TERon BattleLAR — GM Don Klosterman
#176LBJeff SchuhCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#177CBJeff FisherCHI — GM Jim Finks
#178STObed AririIND — GM Dick Szymanski

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 10 picks

2017Brian AllenPIT — GM Kevin Colbert · Utah
2016Trey CaldwellCLE — GM Sashi Brown · La-Monroe
2011Byron MaxwellSEA — GM John Schneider · Clemson
2007Michael CoeIND — GM Bill Polian · Alabama St.
2004Von HutchinsIND — GM Bill Polian · Mississippi
2002Demarcus FagginsHOU — GM Charley Casserly · Kansas St.
1993Keshon JohnsonCHI — GM Bill Tobin · Arizona
1990Garry LewisLV — GM Al Davis · Alcorn St.
1988Gary RichardGB — GM Tom Braatz · Pittsburgh
1984Kevin RossKC — GM Jim Schaaf · Temple

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