CB · pick 180 — first ever cornerback at #180 (1979)

CB·pick 180

FIRST CB EVER DRAFTED AT #180

Henry Monroe

Drafted by GB · Mississippi State

1979

CBs drafted at #180 in NFL history

most recent: Marcellas Dial (NE, 2024)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1978, the model gave a cornerback at #180 a 5.6% chance in 1979.

Cornerback at #180, 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%

🟣 Unassigned DBs at pick #180

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.

1978Cliff FeatherstoneLAC · Colorado State
1975Daniels, JamesJames DanielsLV · Texas A&M

Surrounding picks · 1979 draft

#175OTMatia, JackJack MatiaLV
#176LBStan SytsmaNO
#177SJudson FlintNE
#178OTSwafford, DonDon SwaffordPHI
#179RBKing, EmmettEmmett KingNYJ
#181DTBob WinkelMIN
#182LBRich MilotWAS
#183OTCody RisienCLE
#184LBRich WingoGB
#185DEBunche, CurtisCurtis BunchePHI

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 6 picks

2024Marcellas DialNE — GM Eliot Wolf · South Carolina
2023Kei'Trel ClarkARI — GM Monti Ossenfort · Louisville
2019Corey BallentineNYG — GM Dave Gettleman · Washburn
2014Kenneth AckerSF — GM Trent Baalke · SMU
2000Mario EdwardsDAL — GM Jerry Jones · Florida St.
1999Marcus WashingtonNE — GM Bobby Grier · Colorado

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