QB · pick 71 — first ever quarterback at #71 (1986)

QB·pick 71

FIRST QB EVER DRAFTED AT #71

Hugh Millen

Drafted by LAR — GM John Shaw · Washington

1986

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1985, the model gave a quarterback at #71 a 3.8% chance in 1986.

Quarterback at #71, 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: 7.7% · 2027 model: 2.7%

Surrounding picks · 1986 draft

#66DTTerry UnreinLAC — GM Steve Ortmayer
#67QBBubby BristerPIT — GM Dick Haley
#68CBPatrick HunterSEA — GM Mike McCormack
#69OGJoe MilinichikDET — GM Russ Thomas
#70OTJeff WalkerLAC — GM Steve Ortmayer
#72QBRobbie BoscoGB — GM Forrest Gregg
#73DEJohn WashingtonNYG — GM George Young
#74DTMark WalenDAL — GM Tex Schramm
#75SAlvin WaltonWAS — GM Bobby Beathard
#76WRJohn TaylorSF — GM John McVay

Drafted at this same coordinate later

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

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