QB · pick 59 — first ever quarterback at #59 (1971)

QB·pick 59

FIRST QB EVER DRAFTED AT #59

Leo Hart

Drafted by ATL · Duke

1971

QBs drafted at #59 in NFL history

most recent: Marques Tuiasosopo (LV, 2001)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1970, the model gave a quarterback at #59 a 4.3% chance in 1971.

Quarterback at #59, 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: 8.4% · 2027 model: 2.6%

Surrounding picks · 1971 draft

#54CBBivian LeeNO
#55WRDickerson, SamSam DickersonSF
#56QBLynn DickeyTEN
#57RBJim BraxtonBUF
#58SChris FarasopoulosNYJ
#60RBSteve DavisPIT
#61WRLivesay, JamesJames LivesayARI
#62CBCharlie HallGB
#63SDave ElmendorfLAR
#64DETony McGeeCHI

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 3 picks

2001Marques TuiasosopoLV — GM Al Davis era · Washington
1990Tom HodsonNE — GM Sam Jankovich · LSU
1984Jeff HostetlerNYG — GM George Young · West Virginia

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