QB · pick 145 — first ever quarterback at #145 (1980)

QB·pick 145

FIRST QB EVER DRAFTED AT #145

Scott Brunner

Drafted by NYG — GM George Young · Delaware

1980

QBs drafted at #145 in NFL history

most recent: Dan Orlovsky (DET, 2005)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1979, the model gave a quarterback at #145 a 4.9% chance in 1980.

Quarterback at #145, 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: 3.9%

Surrounding picks · 1980 draft

#140OTChris DieterichDET — GM Russ Thomas
#141CBJo HeathCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#142DTBill AckerARI — GM Bill Bidwill
#143OTKarl SwankeGB — GM Bart Starr
#144CChris FooteIND — GM Dick Szymanski
#146SMike DavisATL — GM Eddie LeBaron
#147WRBubba GarciaKC — GM Jim Schaaf
#148DTRay YakavonisMIN — GM Mike Lynn
#149DTGeorge VisgerNYJ — GM Jim Kensil
#150LBLester BoydNO — GM Ken Meyer/staff

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 1 pick

2005Dan OrlovskyDET — GM Matt Millen · Connecticut

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