CB · pick 217 — first ever cornerback at #217 (2009)

CB·pick 217

FIRST CB EVER DRAFTED AT #217

E.J. Biggers

Drafted by TB — GM Mark Dominik · Western Michigan

2009

CBs drafted at #217 in NFL history

most recent: Kris Boyd (MIN, 2019)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 2008, the model gave a cornerback at #217 a 8.7% chance in 2009.

Cornerback at #217, 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: 11.6%

Surrounding picks · 2009 draft

#212RBJavarris WilliamsKC — GM Scott Pioli
#213OGPaul FanaikaPHI — GM Tom Heckert
#214LBJ.D. FolsomMIA — GM Jeff Ireland
#215RBFui VakapunaCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#216CBCaptain MunnerlynCAR — GM Marty Hurney
#218LBBrad JonesGB — GM Ted Thompson
#219SCurtis TaylorSF — GM Scot McCloughan
#220CBEllis LanksterBUF — GM Buddy Nix
#221RBEddie WilliamsWAS — GM Vinny Cerrato
#222STPat McAfeeIND — GM Bill Polian

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 1 pick

2019Kris BoydMIN — GM Rick Spielman · Texas

→ see this cell on the full chart