CB · pick 177 — first ever cornerback at #177 (1981)

CB·pick 177

FIRST CB EVER DRAFTED AT #177

Jeff Fisher

Drafted by CHI — GM Jim Finks · USC

1981

CBs drafted at #177 in NFL history

most recent: Dorian Strong (BUF, 2025)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1980, the model gave a cornerback at #177 a 6.0% chance in 1981.

Cornerback at #177, 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 #177

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.

1969James HawkinsLAR · Nebraska

Surrounding picks · 1981 draft

#172SBill WhitakerGB — GM Bart Starr
#173CBRon FellowsDAL — GM Tex Schramm
#174STAlan DuncanPHI — GM Jim Murray
#175TERon BattleLAR — GM Don Klosterman
#176LBJeff SchuhCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#178STObed AririIND — GM Dick Szymanski
#179OTMike DaumMIA — GM Don Shula
#180RBBilly JacksonKC — GM Jim Schaaf
#181LBSteve BusickDEN — GM Edgar Kaiser/staff
#182OTLee SpiveyDET — GM Russ Thomas

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 4 picks

2025Dorian StrongBUF — GM Brandon Beane · Virginia Tech
2012Justin BethelARI — GM Rod Graves · Presbyterian
1992Selwyn JonesCLE — GM Bill Belichick · Colorado St.
1989Ricky RoyalARI — GM Bill Bidwill · Sam Houston St.

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