QB · pick 56 — first ever quarterback at #56 (1968)

QB·pick 56

FIRST QB EVER DRAFTED AT #56

Gary Davis

Drafted by CIN · Vanderbilt

1968

QBs drafted at #56 in NFL history

most recent: Brian Brohm (GB, 2008)

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 #56, 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: 8.7% · 2027 model: 2.6%

Surrounding picks · 1968 draft

#51OGMike LaHoodLAR
#52QBKen StablerLV
#53WRJohn WrightATL
#54WRJim CoxMIA
#55RBTom SmileyCIN
#57CBMajor HazeltonCHI
#58RBGarrett FordDEN
#59WRDave SzymakowskiNO
#60WRAaron MarshNE
#61CBJon HendersonPIT

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 2 picks

2008Brian BrohmGB — GM Ted Thompson · Louisville
1971Lynn DickeyTEN · Kansas State

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