QB · pick 109 — first ever quarterback at #109 (1980)

QB·pick 109

FIRST QB EVER DRAFTED AT #109

Paul McDonald

Drafted by CLE — GM Art Modell/staff · USC

1980

QBs drafted at #109 in NFL history

most recent: Sage Rosenfels (WAS, 2001)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1979, the model gave a quarterback at #109 a 5.3% chance in 1980.

Quarterback at #109, 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: 7.4% · 2027 model: 3.3%

Surrounding picks · 1980 draft

#104RBI.M. HippATL — GM Eddie LeBaron
#105OGKurt PetersenDAL — GM Tex Schramm
#106TEChris CombsTEN — GM Bum Phillips
#107RBRick ParrosDEN — GM Edgar Kaiser/staff
#108SBob GregorLAC — GM Steve Ortmayer
#110SBill HurleyPIT — GM Dick Haley
#111SMark StreeterDET — GM Russ Thomas
#112DTKen TimesSF — GM John McVay
#113SBryan HicksCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#114WRCarlos CarsonKC — GM Jim Schaaf

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 1 pick

2001Sage RosenfelsWAS — GM Vinny Cerrato · Iowa St.

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