CB · pick 3 — first ever cornerback at #3 (1991)

CB·pick 3

FIRST CB EVER DRAFTED AT #3

Bruce Pickens

Drafted by ATL — GM Ken Herock · Nebraska

1991

CBs drafted at #3 in NFL history

most recent: Derek Stingley Jr. (HOU, 2022)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1990, the model gave a cornerback at #3 a 3.7% chance in 1991.

Cornerback at #3, 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: 17.0% · 2027 model: 8.5%

Surrounding picks · 1991 draft

#1DTRussell MarylandDAL — GM Jerry Jones
#2SEric TurnerCLE — GM Bill Belichick
#4LBMike CroelDEN — GM John Beake
#5CBTodd LyghtLAR — GM John Shaw
#6DTEric SwannARI — GM Bill Bidwill
#7OTCharles McRaeTB — GM Phil Krueger
#8OTAntone DavisPHI — GM Harry Gamble

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 3 picks

2022Derek Stingley Jr.HOU — GM Nick Caserio · LSU
2020Jeff OkudahDET — GM Bob Quinn · Ohio St.
1997Shawn SpringsSEA — GM Mike Allman · Ohio St.

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