QB · pick 178 — first ever quarterback at #178 (1994)

QB·pick 178

FIRST QB EVER DRAFTED AT #178

Jim Miller

Drafted by PIT — GM Tom Donahoe · Michigan St.

1994

QBs drafted at #178 in NFL history

most recent: Cole Payton (PHI, 2026)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1993, the model gave a quarterback at #178 a 3.6% chance in 1994.

Quarterback at #178, 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: 8.7% · 2027 model: 4.4%

Surrounding picks · 1994 draft

#173RBFred LesterNYJ — GM Dick Steinberg
#174LBRyan McCoyPHI — GM Harry Gamble
#175LBRuffin HamiltonGB — GM Ron Wolf
#176WRDerrell MitchellNO — GM Bill Kuharich
#177LBBrant BoyerMIA — GM Don Shula
#179TEAndrew JordanMIN — GM Frank Gilliam
#180LBEric RavottiPIT — GM Tom Donahoe
#181WRBill SchroederGB — GM Ron Wolf
#182LBLee WoodallSF — GM Carmen Policy
#183CBJocelyn BorgellaDET — GM Chuck Schmidt

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 4 picks

2026Cole PaytonPHI · North Dakota St.
2019Gardner Minshew IIJAX — GM David Caldwell · Washington St.
2014Zach MettenbergerTEN — GM Ruston Webster · LSU
2009Mike TeelSEA — GM Tim Ruskell · Rutgers

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