QB · pick 87 — first ever quarterback at #87 (1974)

QB·pick 87

FIRST QB EVER DRAFTED AT #87

Mike Boryla

Drafted by CIN · Stanford

1974

QBs drafted at #87 in NFL history

most recent: Davis Webb (NYG, 2017)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1973, the model gave a quarterback at #87 a 3.9% chance in 1974.

Quarterback at #87, 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 · 1974 draft

#82WRJohn StallworthPIT
#83WRClint HaslerigSF
#84SBell, TonyTony BellIND
#85SDurwood KeetonARI
#86SMike TownsendMIN
#88RBRod McNeillNO
#89LBFrank LeMasterPHI
#90RBSammy JohnsonSF
#91WRIke HarrisARI
#93WRMorris BradshawLV

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 2 picks

2017Davis WebbNYG — GM Jerry Reese · California
1989Jeff GrahamGB — GM Tom Braatz · Long Beach St.

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