CB · pick 22 — first ever cornerback at #22 (1975)

CB·pick 22

FIRST CB EVER DRAFTED AT #22

Mike Williams

Drafted by LAC · LSU

1975

CBs drafted at #22 in NFL history

most recent: Quinyon Mitchell (PHI, 2024)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1974, the model gave a cornerback at #22 a 6.7% chance in 1975.

Cornerback at #22, 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: 21.6% · 2027 model: 12.4%

Surrounding picks · 1975 draft

#17CBLouis WrightDEN
#18LBTom HendersonDAL
#19LBTom RuudBUF
#20OTDoug FranceLAR
#21STim GrayARI
#23OTDarryl CarltonMIA
#24CBNeal ColzieLV
#25DEMark MullaneyMIN
#26CBDave BrownPIT
#27OTSimpson, AlAl SimpsonNYG

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 11 picks

2024Quinyon MitchellPHI — GM Howie Roseman · Toledo
2021Caleb FarleyTEN — GM Jon Robinson · Virginia Tech
2013Desmond TrufantATL — GM Thomas Dimitroff · Washington
2001Will AllenNYG — GM Ernie Accorsi · Syracuse
1995Tyrone PooleCAR — GM Bill Polian · Fort Valley St.
1993Darrien GordonLAC — GM Bobby Beathard · Stanford
1990Ben SmithPHI — GM Harry Gamble · Georgia
1984Terry TaylorSEA — GM Mike McCormack · Southern Illinois
1983Gill ByrdLAC — GM Steve Ortmayer · San Jose St.
1981Hanford DixonCLE — GM Art Modell/staff · Southern Miss
1978Ron JohnsonPIT · Eastern Michigan

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