CB · pick 216 — first ever cornerback at #216 (1998)

CB·pick 216

FIRST CB EVER DRAFTED AT #216

Eric Warfield

Drafted by KC — GM Carl Peterson · Nebraska

1998

CBs drafted at #216 in NFL history

most recent: Marquez White (DAL, 2017)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1997, the model gave a cornerback at #216 a 7.6% chance in 1998.

Cornerback at #216, 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: 19.3% · 2027 model: 11.7%

Surrounding picks · 1998 draft

#211OGJason AndersenNE — GM Bobby Grier
#212DEChance McCartyTB — GM Rich McKay
#213CBen FrickeNYG — GM Ernie Accorsi
#214LBBrandon TolbertJAX — GM Tom Coughlin
#215WRRyan ThelwellSF — GM Carmen Policy
#217OTChad OverhauserCHI — GM Mark Hatley
#218RBEddie WatsonGB — GM Ron Wolf
#219LBNate WayneDEN — GM Mike Shanahan
#220DTChris AkinsPHI — GM Tom Modrak
#221DEAngel RubioPIT — GM Tom Donahoe

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 3 picks

2017Marquez WhiteDAL — GM Jerry Jones · Florida St.
2011Mikail BakerLAR — GM Billy Devaney · Baylor
2009Captain MunnerlynCAR — GM Marty Hurney · South Carolina

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