QB · pick 23 — first ever quarterback at #23 (1979)

QB·pick 23

FIRST QB EVER DRAFTED AT #23

Steve Fuller

Drafted by KC · Clemson

1979

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1978, the model gave a quarterback at #23 a 4.0% chance in 1979.

Quarterback at #23, 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: 14.0% · 2027 model: 3.5%

Surrounding picks · 1979 draft

#18DTManu TuiasosopoSEA
#19LBGeorge AndrewsLAR
#20WRWillis AdamsCLE
#21LBJerry RobinsonPHI
#22OTKelvin ClarkDEN
#24OTJon GieslerMIA
#25CBRick SanfordNE
#26OTKent HillLAR
#27CRobert ShawDAL
#28RBGreg HawthornePIT

Drafted at this same coordinate later

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

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