CB · pick 59 — first ever cornerback at #59 (1988)

CB·pick 59

FIRST CB EVER DRAFTED AT #59

Kevin Porter

Drafted by KC — GM Jim Schaaf · Auburn

1988

CBs drafted at #59 in NFL history

most recent: Sheldon Brown (PHI, 2002)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1987, the model gave a cornerback at #59 a 11.3% chance in 1988.

Cornerback at #59, 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: 21.3% · 2027 model: 15.8%

Surrounding picks · 1988 draft

#54SBrad EdwardsMIN — GM Mike Lynn
#55STChip LohmillerWAS — GM Bobby Beathard
#56TEAlex HigdonATL — GM Ken Herock
#57LBKevin WalkerCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#58WRRay RoundtreeDET — GM Russ Thomas
#60WRQuinn EarlyLAC — GM Steve Ortmayer
#61RBKeith WoodsideGB — GM Tom Braatz
#62CBSheldon WhiteNYG — GM George Young
#63CBErik McMillanNYJ — GM Jim Kensil
#64OTMatt PatchanPHI — GM Harry Gamble

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 2 picks

2002Sheldon BrownPHI — GM Andy Reid · South Carolina
1994Jason SehornNYG — GM George Young · USC

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