QB · pick 80 — first ever quarterback at #80 (1973)

QB·pick 80

FIRST QB EVER DRAFTED AT #80

Mike Wells

Drafted by MIN · Illinois

1973

QBs drafted at #80 in NFL history

most recent: Stoney Case (ARI, 1995)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1972, the model gave a quarterback at #80 a 3.6% chance in 1973.

Quarterback at #80, 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: 7.6% · 2027 model: 2.8%

Surrounding picks · 1973 draft

#75CBLevi JohnsonDET
#76OGRoger BernhardtPIT
#77DTBob KampaBUF
#78OGLeon GrayMIA
#79LBGregg BinghamTEN
#81LBMike HenniganDET
#82OTGallagher, AllenAllen GallagherNE
#83OTGery PalmerIND
#84TEJames ThaxtonLAC
#85WROllie SmithIND

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 3 picks

1995Stoney CaseARI — GM Larry Wilson · New Mexico
1984Rick McIvorARI — GM Bill Bidwill · Texas
1974Carl SummerellNYG · East Carolina

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