CB · pick 46 — first ever cornerback at #46 (1989)

CB·pick 46

FIRST CB EVER DRAFTED AT #46

Robert Massey

Drafted by NO — GM Jim Finks · North Carolina Central

1989

CBs drafted at #46 in NFL history

most recent: Greedy Williams (CLE, 2019)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1988, the model gave a cornerback at #46 a 12.2% chance in 1989.

Cornerback at #46, 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: 21.8% · 2027 model: 15.9%

🟣 Unassigned DBs at pick #46

A defensive back was drafted at this pick whose CB-vs-S couldn't be confirmed (raw position label "DB" only). With further research one of these picks may turn out to be the actual draftigami at this cell.

1969Eugene EppsWAS · Texas–El Paso

Surrounding picks · 1989 draft

#41OGDoug WidellDEN — GM John Beake
#42DTDennis ByrdNYJ — GM Dick Steinberg
#43CBEric ColemanNE — GM Patrick Sullivan
#44CJoe TofflemireSEA — GM Tom Flores/Behring
#45LBFrank StamsLAR — GM John Shaw
#47DEWarren PowersDEN — GM John Beake
#48LBBrian SmithLAR — GM John Shaw
#49LBJessie SmallPHI — GM Harry Gamble
#50LBScott KozakTEN — GM Ladd Herzeg
#51QBBilly Joe TolliverLAC — GM Steve Ortmayer

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 4 picks

2019Greedy WilliamsCLE — GM John Dorsey · LSU
2017Quincy WilsonIND — GM Chris Ballard · Florida
2003Drayton FlorenceLAC — GM A.J. Smith · Tuskegee
1998Samari RolleTEN — GM Floyd Reese · Florida St.

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