QB · pick 135 — first ever quarterback at #135 (1975)

QB·pick 135

FIRST QB EVER DRAFTED AT #135

Bob Avellini

Drafted by CHI · Maryland

1975

QBs drafted at #135 in NFL history

most recent: Aidan O'Connell (LV, 2023)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1974, the model gave a quarterback at #135 a 3.6% chance in 1975.

Quarterback at #135, 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: 3.7%

Surrounding picks · 1975 draft

#130CBBrent SextonPIT
#131WRDon WestbrookIND
#132LBFulton KuykendallATL
#133OGDoug PaytonATL
#134WRCarroll, JohnJohn CarrollLAC
#136OTBilly ShieldsLAC
#137RBMorris LaGrandKC
#139LBWasick, DaveDave WasickKC
#140WRMcCarthy, DariusDarius McCarthyLAR
#141RBHorace KingDET

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 6 picks

2023Aidan O'ConnellLV — GM Dave Ziegler · Purdue
2017Joshua DobbsPIT — GM Kevin Colbert · Tennessee
2016Dak PrescottDAL — GM Jerry Jones · Mississippi St.
2014Tom SavageHOU — GM Rick Smith · Pittsburgh
2011Ricky StanziKC — GM Scott Pioli · Iowa
1990Craig KuppNYG — GM George Young · Pacific Lutheran

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