CB · pick 23 — first ever cornerback at #23 (1969)

CB·pick 23

FIRST CB EVER DRAFTED AT #23

Jim Marsalis

Drafted by KC · Tennessee State

1969

CBs drafted at #23 in NFL history

most recent: Kaiir Elam (BUF, 2022)

How rare was this draftigami?

No rarity score — the model compares each pick to its predictions for earlier seasons, and drafts from 1967–1969 sit before that runway is long enough.

Cornerback at #23, 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: 12.7%

Surrounding picks · 1969 draft

#18LBBob BabichLAC
#19CBRoger WehrliARI
#20RBRon JohnsonCLE
#21TEBob KleinLAR
#22DTArt ThomsLV
#24RBCalvin HillDAL
#25WREddie HintonIND
#26OTDave FoleyNYJ
#27RBBill EnyartBUF
#28LBErnie CallowayPHI

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 8 picks

2022Kaiir ElamBUF — GM Brandon Beane · Florida
2005Fabian WashingtonLV — GM Al Davis era · Nebraska
2000Rashard AndersonCAR — GM Dom Anile · Jackson St.
1999Antoine WinfieldBUF — GM John Butler · Ohio St.
1995Ty LawNE — GM Bill Parcells · Michigan
1993Deon FiguresPIT — GM Tom Donahoe · Colorado
1980Roynell YoungPHI — GM Jim Murray · Alcorn St.
1971Tim AndersonSF · Ohio State

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