CB · pick 8 — first ever cornerback at #8 (1980)

CB·pick 8

FIRST CB EVER DRAFTED AT #8

Mark Haynes

Drafted by NYG — GM George Young · Colorado

1980

CBs drafted at #8 in NFL history

most recent: Jaycee Horn (CAR, 2021)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1979, the model gave a cornerback at #8 a 6.6% chance in 1980.

Cornerback at #8, 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: 10.2%

Surrounding picks · 1980 draft

#3OTAnthony MunozCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#4DEBruce ClarkGB — GM Bart Starr
#5RBCurtis DickeyIND — GM Dick Szymanski
#6DECurtis GreerARI — GM Bill Bidwill
#7TEJunior MillerATL — GM Eddie LeBaron
#9DEDoug MartinMIN — GM Mike Lynn
#10DEJacob GreenSEA — GM John Thompson
#11OGBrad BuddeKC — GM Jim Schaaf
#12OTStan BrockNO — GM Ken Meyer/staff
#13RBEarl CooperSF — GM John McVay

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 3 picks

2021Jaycee HornCAR — GM Scott Fitterer · South Carolina
2014Justin GilbertCLE — GM Ray Farmer · Oklahoma St.
1984Leonard ColemanIND — GM Jim Irsay/staff · Vanderbilt

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