QB · pick 125 — first ever quarterback at #125 (2001)

QB·pick 125

FIRST QB EVER DRAFTED AT #125

Jesse Palmer

Drafted by NYG — GM Ernie Accorsi · Florida

2001

QBs drafted at #125 in NFL history

most recent: James Morgan (NYJ, 2020)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 2000, the model gave a quarterback at #125 a 3.7% chance in 2001.

Quarterback at #125, 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: 7.2% · 2027 model: 3.5%

Surrounding picks · 2001 draft

#120STNick HarrisDEN — GM Mike Shanahan
#121RBCorrell BuckhalterPHI — GM Andy Reid
#122LBMarkus SteeleDAL — GM Jerry Jones
#123DTMarcus BellARI — GM Bob Ferguson
#124WRJustin McCareinsTEN — GM Floyd Reese
#126LBEd HartwellBAL — GM Ozzie Newsome
#127CBCurtis FullerSEA — GM Mike Holmgren
#128OTFloyd WomackSEA — GM Mike Holmgren
#129TEBrandon ManumaleunaLAR — GM Charley Armey
#130DTShawn WorthenMIN — GM Frank Gilliam

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 1 pick

2020James MorganNYJ — GM Joe Douglas · Florida International

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