QB · pick 159 — first ever quarterback at #159 (1988)

QB·pick 159

FIRST QB EVER DRAFTED AT #159

Stan Humphries

Drafted by WAS — GM Bobby Beathard · La-Monroe

1988

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1987, the model gave a quarterback at #159 a 3.9% chance in 1988.

Quarterback at #159, 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: 8.0% · 2027 model: 4.1%

Surrounding picks · 1988 draft

#154TESteve JohnsonNE — GM Patrick Sullivan
#155RBWarren WilliamsPIT — GM Dick Haley
#156RBGeorge CooperMIA — GM Don Shula
#157LBKurt CrainTEN — GM Ladd Herzeg
#158DTRoy HartSEA — GM Mike McCormack
#160SRob SterlingPHI — GM Harry Gamble
#161CBLemuel StinsonCHI — GM Bill Tobin
#162OGBob SimsNO — GM Jim Finks
#163DTShawn LeeTB — GM Phil Krueger
#164CBDerrick WhiteMIN — GM Mike Lynn

Drafted at this same coordinate later

Nobody else has been drafted as this position at this pick number.

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