CB · pick 77 — first ever cornerback at #77 (1981)

CB·pick 77

FIRST CB EVER DRAFTED AT #77

Irvin Phillips

Drafted by LAC — GM Steve Ortmayer · Arkansas Tech

1981

CBs drafted at #77 in NFL history

most recent: Michael Ojemudia (DEN, 2020)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1980, the model gave a cornerback at #77 a 7.4% chance in 1981.

Cornerback at #77, 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: 20.3% · 2027 model: 15.2%

Surrounding picks · 1981 draft

#72OGDon GrecoDET — GM Russ Thomas
#73CRick DonnalleyPIT — GM Dick Haley
#74OTTim IrwinMIN — GM Mike Lynn
#75OTRoger TaylorKC — GM Jim Schaaf
#76WRMike MosleyBUF — GM Stew Barber
#78SLloyd BurrussKC — GM Jim Schaaf
#79WRMike HolstonTEN — GM Ladd Herzeg
#80SScott WoernerATL — GM Eddie LeBaron
#81OGGlen TitensorDAL — GM Tex Schramm
#82TEGreg LaFleurPHI — GM Jim Murray

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 4 picks

2020Michael OjemudiaDEN — GM John Elway · Iowa
2016Daryl WorleyCAR — GM Dave Gettleman · West Virginia
1998Dainon SidneyTEN — GM Floyd Reese · Ala-Birmingham
1984Rodney BellingerBUF — GM Stew Barber · Miami (FL)

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