QB · pick 5 — first ever quarterback at #5 (1969)

QB·pick 5

FIRST QB EVER DRAFTED AT #5

Greg Cook

Drafted by CIN · Cincinnati

1969

QBs drafted at #5 in NFL history

most recent: Tua Tagovailoa (MIA, 2020)

How rare was this draftigami?

No rarity score — the model compares each pick to its predictions for earlier seasons, and drafts from 1967–1969 sit before that runway is long enough.

Quarterback at #5, 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: 34.2% · 2027 model: 21.7%

Surrounding picks · 1969 draft

#1RBO. J. SimpsonBUF
#2OTGeorge KunzATL
#3RBLeroy KeyesPHI
#4DTJoe GreenePIT
#6WRRon SellersNE
#7TETed KwalickSF
#8RBLarry SmithLAR
#9QBMarty DomresLAC
#10WRJim SeymourLAR

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 4 picks

2020Tua TagovailoaMIA — GM Chris Grier · Alabama
2009Mark SanchezNYJ — GM Mike Tannenbaum · USC
1995Kerry CollinsCAR — GM Bill Polian · Penn St.
1982Jim McMahonCHI — GM Jim Finks · BYU

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