CB · pick 83 — first ever cornerback at #83 (1975)

CB·pick 83

FIRST CB EVER DRAFTED AT #83

Virgil Livers

Drafted by CHI · Western Kentucky

1975

CBs drafted at #83 in NFL history

most recent: Riley Moss (DEN, 2023)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1974, the model gave a cornerback at #83 a 7.8% chance in 1975.

Cornerback at #83, 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: 20.0% · 2027 model: 15.0%

🟣 Unassigned DBs at pick #83

A defensive back was drafted at this pick whose CB-vs-S couldn't be confirmed (raw position label "DB" only). With further research one of these picks may turn out to be the actual draftigami at this cell.

1970Eddie RayNE · LSU

Surrounding picks · 1975 draft

#78TEWalter WhitePIT
#79SRobert GiblinNYG
#80WRMarshall JohnsonIND
#81OGJohn NesselATL
#82CBTony PetersCLE
#85DECleveland ElamSF
#86RBAllen CarterNE
#87CBFrank OliverSF
#88SSteve LukeGB
#89RBHarold HensonMIN

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 5 picks

2023Riley MossDEN — GM George Paton · Iowa
2019Justin LaynePIT — GM Kevin Colbert · Michigan St.
2015Craig MagerLAC — GM Tom Telesco · Texas St.
2013Logan RyanNE — GM Bill Belichick · Rutgers
1983Steve BrownTEN — GM Ladd Herzeg · Oregon

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