CB · pick 174 — first ever cornerback at #174 (1989)

CB·pick 174

FIRST CB EVER DRAFTED AT #174

D.J. Johnson

Drafted by PIT — GM Dick Haley · Kentucky

1989

CBs drafted at #174 in NFL history

most recent: Denzel Burke (ARI, 2025)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1988, the model gave a cornerback at #174 a 7.4% chance in 1989.

Cornerback at #174, 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: 18.8% · 2027 model: 12.7%

🟣 Unassigned DBs at pick #174

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.

1987Tim PeoplesARI · Washington
1985Tony StatenDET · Angelo State (TX)

Surrounding picks · 1989 draft

#169DEMark HallGB — GM Tom Braatz
#170SJerry WoodsDET — GM Chuck Schmidt
#171LBRon SanchoKC — GM Carl Peterson
#172RBUndra JohnsonATL — GM Ken Herock
#173SBrian JordanBUF — GM Bill Polian
#175OTDave PoppNYG — GM George Young
#176OTJim ZdelarMIA — GM Don Shula
#177CBRicky RoyalARI — GM Bill Bidwill
#178LBEric LindstromNE — GM Patrick Sullivan
#179LBKevin HendrixWAS — GM Bobby Beathard

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 3 picks

2025Denzel BurkeARI — GM Monti Ossenfort · Ohio St.
2024Caelen CarsonDAL — GM Jerry Jones · Wake Forest
2006Josh LayNO — GM Mickey Loomis · Pittsburgh

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