CB · pick 64 — first ever cornerback at #64 (1981)

CB·pick 64

FIRST CB EVER DRAFTED AT #64

John Simmons

Drafted by CIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · SMU

1981

CBs drafted at #64 in NFL history

most recent: Renardo Green (SF, 2024)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1980, the model gave a cornerback at #64 a 7.5% chance in 1981.

Cornerback at #64, 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: 21.0% · 2027 model: 15.6%

Surrounding picks · 1981 draft

#59WRJohn MistlerNYG — GM George Young
#60DTBen RudolphNYJ — GM Jim Kensil
#61CBJeff GriffinARI — GM Bill Bidwill
#62STRay StachowiczGB — GM Bart Starr
#63DTGreg MeisnerLAR — GM Don Klosterman
#65SCarlton WilliamsonSF — GM John McVay
#66DERobert CobbLAR — GM Don Klosterman
#67WRKen MargerumCHI — GM Jim Finks
#68OTRandy Van DivierIND — GM Dick Szymanski
#69OGRuss GrimmWAS — GM Bobby Beathard

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 5 picks

2024Renardo GreenSF — GM John Lynch · Florida St.
2013Dwayne GratzJAX — GM David Caldwell · Connecticut
2002Travis FisherLAR — GM Charley Armey · Central Florida
2000Lloyd HarrisonWAS — GM Vinny Cerrato · North Carolina St.
1986Tim McKyerSF — GM John McVay · Texas-Arlington

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