CB · pick 49 — first ever cornerback at #49 (1982)

CB·pick 49

FIRST CB EVER DRAFTED AT #49

Vernon Dean

Drafted by WAS — GM Bobby Beathard · San Diego St.

1982

CBs drafted at #49 in NFL history

most recent: Alontae Taylor (NO, 2022)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1981, the model gave a cornerback at #49 a 8.6% chance in 1982.

Cornerback at #49, 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: 21.7% · 2027 model: 16.0%

Surrounding picks · 1982 draft

#44QBOliver LuckTEN — GM Ladd Herzeg
#45RBJoe MorrisNYG — GM George Young
#46LBCalvin DanielsKC — GM Jim Schaaf
#47TELawrence SampletonPHI — GM Jim Murray
#48QBMatt KoflerBUF — GM Stew Barber
#50WROrlando McDanielDEN — GM Edgar Kaiser/staff
#51OTReggie McElroyNYJ — GM Jim Kensil
#52WRMark DuperMIA — GM Don Shula
#53LBJeff RohrerDAL — GM Tex Schramm
#54DTEmanuel WeaverCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 5 picks

2022Alontae TaylorNO — GM Mickey Loomis · Tennessee
2004Keiwan RatliffCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · Florida
2000Dwayne GoodrichDAL — GM Jerry Jones · Tennessee
1987Eric ThomasCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · Tulane
1985Reggie PhillipsCHI — GM Jerry Vainisi · SMU

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