QB · pick 101 — first ever quarterback at #101 (1980)

QB·pick 101

FIRST QB EVER DRAFTED AT #101

Ed Luther

Drafted by LAC — GM Steve Ortmayer · San Jose St.

1980

QBs drafted at #101 in NFL history

most recent: Stephen McGee (DAL, 2009)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1979, the model gave a quarterback at #101 a 5.3% chance in 1980.

Quarterback at #101, 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 · 1980 draft

#96SMike JollyNO — GM Ken Meyer/staff
#97DETerry DionSEA — GM John Thompson
#98LBDavid HodgeSF — GM John McVay
#99DTRon CrewsCLE — GM Art Modell/staff
#100WRElmer BaileyMIA — GM Don Shula
#102SLarry FlowersTB — GM Phil Krueger
#103OGArland ThompsonCHI — GM Jim Finks
#104RBI.M. HippATL — GM Eddie LeBaron
#105OGKurt PetersenDAL — GM Tex Schramm
#106TEChris CombsTEN — GM Bum Phillips

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 2 picks

2009Stephen McGeeDAL — GM Jerry Jones · Texas A&M
1999Joe GermaineLAR — GM John Shaw / Jay Zygmunt · Ohio St.

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