CB · pick 179 — first ever cornerback at #179 (2000)

CB·pick 179

FIRST CB EVER DRAFTED AT #179

Tony Scott

Drafted by NYJ — GM Dick Haley · North Carolina St.

2000

CBs drafted at #179 in NFL history

most recent: Parry Nickerson (NYJ, 2018)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1999, the model gave a cornerback at #179 a 8.1% chance in 2000.

Cornerback at #179, 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: 12.6%

Surrounding picks · 2000 draft

#174STPaul EdingerCHI — GM Mark Hatley
#175WRJames WilliamsSEA — GM Mike Holmgren
#176DEJabari IssaARI — GM Bob Ferguson
#177LBDhani JonesNYG — GM Ernie Accorsi
#178DEJohn FrankPHI — GM Tom Modrak
#180CBMario EdwardsDAL — GM Jerry Jones
#181DEQuinton ReeseDET — GM Chuck Schmidt
#182OGJeno JamesCAR — GM Dom Anile
#183QBSpergon WynnCLE — GM Dwight Clark
#184LBShannon TaylorLAC — GM Bobby Beathard

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 4 picks

2018Parry NickersonNYJ — GM Mike Maccagnan · Tulane
2009Morgan TrentCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · Michigan
2006Dee McCannDET — GM Matt Millen · West Virginia
2001Rashad HolmanSF — GM Bill Walsh · Louisville

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