CB · pick 53 — first ever cornerback at #53 (1970)

CB·pick 53

FIRST CB EVER DRAFTED AT #53

Mel Blount

Drafted by PIT · Southern

1970

CBs drafted at #53 in NFL history

most recent: Benjamin Morrison (TB, 2025)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1969, the model gave a cornerback at #53 a 6.4% chance in 1970.

Cornerback at #53, 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: 21.6% · 2027 model: 15.9%

Surrounding picks · 1970 draft

#48RBJohn IsenbargerSF
#49WRMargene AdkinsDAL
#50TETed KoyLV
#51QBBill CapplemanMIN
#52LBClyde WernerKC
#54WRGeorge FarmerCHI
#55CBTim FoleyMIA
#56LBMike BallouNE
#57OGJim ReillyBUF
#58RBCharlie PittmanARI

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 7 picks

2025Benjamin MorrisonTB — GM Jason Licht · Notre Dame
2018M.J. StewartTB — GM Jason Licht · North Carolina
2017Teez TaborDET — GM Bob Quinn · Florida
2007Eric WrightCLE — GM Phil Savage · UNLV
1989Darryl HenleyLAR — GM John Shaw · UCLA
1987Lou BrockLAC — GM Steve Ortmayer · USC
1975Mike WashingtonIND · Alabama

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