CB · pick 85 — first ever cornerback at #85 (1998)

CB·pick 85

FIRST CB EVER DRAFTED AT #85

Allen Rossum

Drafted by PHI — GM Tom Modrak · Notre Dame

1998

CBs drafted at #85 in NFL history

most recent: Daylen Everette (PIT, 2026)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1997, the model gave a cornerback at #85 a 11.0% chance in 1998.

Cornerback at #85, 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: 19.9% · 2027 model: 15.0%

Surrounding picks · 1998 draft

#80CBRamos McDonaldMIN — GM Frank Gilliam
#81RBChris FloydNE — GM Bobby Grier
#82WRLarry ShannonMIA — GM Jimmy Johnson
#83DEGreg SpiresNE — GM Bobby Grier
#84LBJamie DuncanTB — GM Rich McKay
#86QBJonathan QuinnJAX — GM Tom Coughlin
#87CBKevin WilliamsNYJ — GM Bill Parcells
#88RBRashaan SheheeKC — GM Carl Peterson
#89OTChris RuhmanSF — GM Carmen Policy
#90DEJonathan BrownGB — GM Ron Wolf

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 7 picks

2026Daylen EverettePIT · Georgia
2025Nohl WilliamsKC — GM Brett Veach · California
2022Marcus JonesNE — GM Bill Belichick · Houston
2018Rashaan GauldenCAR — GM Marty Hurney · Tennessee
2012Bill BentleyDET — GM Martin Mayhew · Louisiana
2004Jeremy LeSueurDEN — GM Mike Shanahan · Michigan
2002Kris RichardSEA — GM Mike Holmgren · USC

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