CB · pick 30 — first ever cornerback at #30 (1980)

CB·pick 30

FIRST CB EVER DRAFTED AT #30

Willie Teal

Drafted by MIN — GM Mike Lynn · LSU

1980

CBs drafted at #30 in NFL history

most recent: Maxwell Hairston (BUF, 2025)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1979, the model gave a cornerback at #30 a 8.1% chance in 1980.

Cornerback at #30, 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: 22.1% · 2027 model: 14.4%

Surrounding picks · 1980 draft

#25RBVagas FergusonNE — GM Bucko Kilroy
#26LBGeorge CumbyGB — GM Bart Starr
#27RBCharles WhiteCLE — GM Art Modell/staff
#28QBMark MalonePIT — GM Dick Haley
#29RBJoe CribbsBUF — GM Stew Barber
#31LBKirby CriswellCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#32CRay DonaldsonIND — GM Dick Szymanski
#33TEDoug MarshARI — GM Bill Bidwill
#34CBMark LeeGB — GM Bart Starr
#35DEBob KohrsPIT — GM Dick Haley

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 12 picks

2025Maxwell HairstonBUF — GM Brandon Beane · Kentucky
2024Nate WigginsBAL — GM Eric DeCosta · Clemson
2020Noah IgbinogheneMIA — GM Chris Grier · Auburn
2019Deandre BakerNYG — GM Dave Gettleman · Georgia
2018Mike HughesMIN — GM Rick Spielman · Central Florida
2014Jimmie WardSF — GM Trent Baalke · Northern Illinois
2003Sammy DavisLAC — GM A.J. Smith · Texas A&M
1993Carlton GraySEA — GM Tom Flores/Behring · UCLA
1992Steve IsraelLAR — GM John Shaw · Pittsburgh
1988Eric AllenPHI — GM Harry Gamble · Arizona St.
1987Brian DavisWAS — GM Bobby Beathard · Nebraska
1985Issiac HoltMIN — GM Mike Lynn · Alcorn St.

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