QB · pick 83 — first ever quarterback at #83 (1984)

QB·pick 83

FIRST QB EVER DRAFTED AT #83

Jay Schroeder

Drafted by WAS — GM Bobby Beathard · UCLA

1984

QBs drafted at #83 in NFL history

most recent: Erik Wilhelm (CIN, 1989)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1983, the model gave a quarterback at #83 a 3.9% chance in 1984.

Quarterback at #83, 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: 2.9%

Surrounding picks · 1984 draft

#78STony LillyDEN — GM Edgar Kaiser/staff
#79DESean McNanieBUF — GM Stew Barber
#80QBRick McIvorARI — GM Bill Bidwill
#81TEFred CornwellDAL — GM Tex Schramm
#82RBSpeedy NealBUF — GM Stew Barber
#84RBJoe McCallLV — GM Al Davis
#85DEMark StudawayTEN — GM Ladd Herzeg
#86DTRickey HagoodSEA — GM Mike McCormack
#87OTConrad GoodeNYG — GM George Young
#88SEvan CooperPHI — GM Jim Murray

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 1 pick

1989Erik WilhelmCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · Oregon St.

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