QB · pick 32 — first ever quarterback at #32 (1989)

QB·pick 32

FIRST QB EVER DRAFTED AT #32

Mike Elkins

Drafted by KC — GM Carl Peterson · Wake Forest

1989

QBs drafted at #32 in NFL history

most recent: Lamar Jackson (BAL, 2018)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1988, the model gave a quarterback at #32 a 3.8% chance in 1989.

Quarterback at #32, 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: 12.0% · 2027 model: 2.8%

Surrounding picks · 1989 draft

#27WRShawn CollinsATL — GM Ken Herock
#28LBKeith DeLongSF — GM John McVay
#29OGSteve WisniewskiDAL — GM Jerry Jones
#30WRJohn FordDET — GM Chuck Schmidt
#31WRLawyer TillmanCLE — GM Ernie Accorsi
#33WRDanny PeeblesTB — GM Phil Krueger
#34SCarnell LakePIT — GM Dick Haley
#35RBEric BallCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#36LBJohn RoperCHI — GM Bill Tobin
#37CCourtney HallLAC — GM Steve Ortmayer

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 4 picks

2018Lamar JacksonBAL — GM Ozzie Newsome · Louisville
2014Teddy BridgewaterMIN — GM Rick Spielman · Louisville
2002Patrick RamseyWAS — GM Vinny Cerrato · Tulane
2001Drew BreesLAC — GM John Butler · Purdue

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