CB · pick 5 — first ever cornerback at #5 (1976)

CB·pick 5

FIRST CB EVER DRAFTED AT #5

Mike Haynes

Drafted by NE · Arizona State

1976

CBs drafted at #5 in NFL history

most recent: Devon Witherspoon (SEA, 2023)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1975, the model gave a cornerback at #5 a 3.0% chance in 1976.

Cornerback at #5, 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: 20.2% · 2027 model: 10.6%

Surrounding picks · 1976 draft

#1DELee Roy SelmonTB
#2DTSteve NiehausSEA
#3RBChuck MuncieNO
#4RBJoe WashingtonLAC
#6QBRichard ToddNYJ
#7RBMike PruittCLE
#8OTDennis LickCHI
#9RBBubba BeanATL
#10CBJames HunterDET

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 9 picks

2023Devon WitherspoonSEA — GM John Schneider · Illinois
2016Jalen RamseyJAX — GM David Caldwell · Florida St.
2011Patrick PetersonARI — GM Rod Graves · LSU
2003Terence NewmanDAL — GM Jerry Jones · Kansas St.
2002Quentin JammerLAC — GM John Butler · Texas
1997Bryant WestbrookDET — GM Chuck Schmidt · Texas
1992Terrell BuckleyGB — GM Ron Wolf · Florida St.
1991Todd LyghtLAR — GM John Shaw · Notre Dame
1989Deion SandersATL — GM Ken Herock · Florida St.

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