CB · pick 70 — first ever cornerback at #70 (1980)

CB·pick 70

FIRST CB EVER DRAFTED AT #70

LeRoy Irvin

Drafted by LAR — GM Don Klosterman · Kansas

1980

CBs drafted at #70 in NFL history

most recent: Andru Phillips (NYG, 2024)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1979, the model gave a cornerback at #70 a 7.5% chance in 1980.

Cornerback at #70, 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: 15.4%

Surrounding picks · 1980 draft

#65STJim MillerSF — GM John McVay
#66RBJames HadnotKC — GM Jim Schaaf
#67TEMark BrammerBUF — GM Stew Barber
#68OGBrent BoydMIN — GM Mike Lynn
#69LBLance MehlNYJ — GM Jim Kensil
#71OGJohn SchmedingBUF — GM Stew Barber
#72LBCliff OdomCLE — GM Art Modell/staff
#73DTSteve McMichaelNE — GM Bucko Kilroy
#75DEBill BarnettMIA — GM Don Shula
#76LBScot BrantleyTB — GM Phil Krueger

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 5 picks

2024Andru PhillipsNYG — GM Joe Schoen · Kentucky
2013Blidi Wreh-WilsonTEN — GM Ruston Webster · Connecticut
2006Ashton YoubotyBUF — GM Marv Levy · Ohio St.
2004Joey ThomasGB — GM Mike Sherman · Montana St.
1985Sean ThomasCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · TCU

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