CB · pick 6 — first ever cornerback at #6 (2005)

CB·pick 6

FIRST CB EVER DRAFTED AT #6

Adam Jones

Drafted by TEN — GM Floyd Reese · West Virginia

2005

CBs drafted at #6 in NFL history

most recent: Mansoor Delane (KC, 2026)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 2004, the model gave a cornerback at #6 a 11.0% chance in 2005.

Cornerback at #6, 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: 20.7% · 2027 model: 10.6%

Surrounding picks · 2005 draft

#1QBAlex SmithSF — GM Scot McCloughan
#2RBRonnie BrownMIA — GM Randy Mueller
#3WRBraylon EdwardsCLE — GM Phil Savage
#4RBCedric BensonCHI — GM Jerry Angelo
#5RBCadillac WilliamsTB — GM Bruce Allen
#7WRTroy WilliamsonMIN — GM Mike Tice / Brzezinski
#8SAntrel RolleARI — GM Rod Graves
#9CBCarlos RogersWAS — GM Vinny Cerrato
#10WRMike WilliamsDET — GM Matt Millen
#11LBDeMarcus WareDAL — GM Jerry Jones

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 2 picks

2026Mansoor DelaneKC · LSU
2012Morris ClaiborneDAL — GM Jerry Jones · LSU

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