QB · pick 49 — first ever quarterback at #49 (2006)

QB·pick 49

FIRST QB EVER DRAFTED AT #49

Kellen Clemens

Drafted by NYJ — GM Mike Tannenbaum · Oregon

2006

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 2005, the model gave a quarterback at #49 a 3.2% chance in 2006.

Quarterback at #49, 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: 9.4% · 2027 model: 2.5%

Surrounding picks · 2006 draft

#44WRSinorice MossNYG — GM Ernie Accorsi
#45RBLenDale WhiteTEN — GM Floyd Reese
#46TEJoe KlopfensteinLAR — GM Jay Zygmunt
#47OTDaryn ColledgeGB — GM Ted Thompson
#48SCedric GriffinMIN — GM Rick Spielman
#50OTMarcus McNeillLAC — GM A.J. Smith
#51CRyan CookMIN — GM Rick Spielman
#52WRGreg JenningsGB — GM Ted Thompson
#53TEAnthony FasanoDAL — GM Jerry Jones
#54SBernard PollardKC — GM Carl Peterson

Drafted at this same coordinate later

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