CB · pick 24 — first ever cornerback at #24 (1973)

CB·pick 24

FIRST CB EVER DRAFTED AT #24

J. T. Thomas

Drafted by PIT · Florida State

1973

CBs drafted at #24 in NFL history

most recent: Terrion Arnold (DET, 2024)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1972, the model gave a cornerback at #24 a 8.1% chance in 1973.

Cornerback at #24, 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: 13.0%

Surrounding picks · 1973 draft

#19WRDarryl StingleyNE
#20TEBilly Joe DupreeDAL
#21WRBarry SmithGB
#22OTPete AdamsCLE
#23STRay GuyLV
#25WRJohnny RodgersLAC
#26OGJoe DeLamielleureBUF
#27TEGary ButlerKC
#28OGGuy MorrissPHI
#29DEDerland MooreNO

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 11 picks

2024Terrion ArnoldDET — GM Brad Holmes · Alabama
2023Deonte BanksNYG — GM Joe Schoen · Maryland
2017Gareon ConleyLV — GM Reggie McKenzie · Ohio St.
2016William Jackson IIICIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · Houston
2014Darqueze DennardCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · Michigan St.
2006Johnathan JosephCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · South Carolina
2001Willie MiddlebrooksDEN — GM Mike Shanahan · Minnesota
2000Ahmed PlummerSF — GM Bill Walsh · Ohio St.
1997Chad ScottPIT — GM Tom Donahoe · Maryland
1980Derrick HatchettIND — GM Dick Szymanski · Texas
1975Neal ColzieLV · Ohio State

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