QB · pick 85 — first ever quarterback at #85 (1980)

QB·pick 85

FIRST QB EVER DRAFTED AT #85

Eric Hipple

Drafted by DET — GM Russ Thomas · Utah St.

1980

QBs drafted at #85 in NFL history

most recent: Colt McCoy (CLE, 2010)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1979, the model gave a quarterback at #85 a 5.3% chance in 1980.

Quarterback at #85, 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 · 1980 draft

#80RBJames JonesDAL — GM Tex Schramm
#81LBCharles BakerARI — GM Bill Bidwill
#82DTPhil MurphyLAR — GM Don Klosterman
#83TERay SydnorPIT — GM Dick Haley
#84SRicky ChurchmanSF — GM John McVay
#86OGWilliam GlassCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#87WRFred NixonGB — GM Bart Starr
#88WRRay ButlerIND — GM Dick Szymanski
#89QBRusty LischARI — GM Bill Bidwill
#90WRDanny PittmanNYG — GM George Young

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 4 picks

2010Colt McCoyCLE — GM Tom Heckert · Texas
2006Brodie CroyleKC — GM Carl Peterson · Alabama
2005David GreeneSEA — GM Tim Ruskell · Georgia
1996Bobby HoyingPHI — GM Tom Modrak · Ohio St.

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