QB · pick 54 — first ever quarterback at #54 (1977)

QB·pick 54

FIRST QB EVER DRAFTED AT #54

Glenn Carano

Drafted by DAL · UNLV

1977

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1976, the model gave a quarterback at #54 a 4.8% chance in 1977.

Quarterback at #54, 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: 8.9% · 2027 model: 2.6%

Surrounding picks · 1977 draft

#49RBPete JohnsonCIN
#50RBBilly WaddyLAR
#51LBPeter CronanSEA
#52TEDon HasselbeckNE
#53DEMike OzdowskiIND
#55OGDennis SwilleyMIN
#56RBTed McKnightLV
#57DECharles HannahTB
#58DEDennis BoydSEA
#59RBCurtis BrownBUF

Drafted at this same coordinate later

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

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