QB · pick 100 — first ever quarterback at #100 (1973)

QB·pick 100

FIRST QB EVER DRAFTED AT #100

Randy Mattingly

Drafted by CLE · Evansville

1973

QBs drafted at #100 in NFL history

most recent: Will Grier (CAR, 2019)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1972, the model gave a quarterback at #100 a 3.6% chance in 1973.

Quarterback at #100, 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: 7.5% · 2027 model: 3.1%

Surrounding picks · 1973 draft

#95CBEddie McMillanLAR
#96RBJim HooksDET
#97LBBill SingletaryLAC
#98CBDrane ScrivenerDAL
#99TETerry NelsonLAR
#101WRWylie, JoeJoe WylieLV
#102LBClark, GailGail ClarkPIT
#103DTJeff YeatesBUF
#104WRDave "Bo" RatherMIA
#105WRGarrison, EdeselEdesel GarrisonTEN

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 3 picks

2019Will GrierCAR — GM Marty Hurney · West Virginia
2016Connor CookLV — GM Reggie McKenzie · Michigan St.
1996Jeff LewisDEN — GM Mike Shanahan · Northern Arizona

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