QB · pick 88 — first ever quarterback at #88 (1987)

QB·pick 88

FIRST QB EVER DRAFTED AT #88

Mark Vlasic

Drafted by LAC — GM Steve Ortmayer · Iowa

1987

QBs drafted at #88 in NFL history

most recent: Nick Foles (PHI, 2012)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1986, the model gave a quarterback at #88 a 4.1% chance in 1987.

Quarterback at #88, 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: 3.0%

Surrounding picks · 1987 draft

#83WRStephen BakerNYG — GM George Young
#84LBDon GrahamTB — GM Phil Krueger
#85OGRandy DixonIND — GM Jim Irsay/staff
#86LBMichael BrooksDEN — GM John Beake
#87TERon HallTB — GM Phil Krueger
#89DTLorenzo FreemanGB — GM Tom Braatz
#90DTRod SaddlerARI — GM Bill Bidwill
#91DTDoug BartlettLAR — GM John Shaw
#92CBGarland RiversDET — GM Russ Thomas
#92SGarland RiversDET — GM Russ Thomas

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 2 picks

2012Nick FolesPHI — GM Howie Roseman · Arizona
2003Dave RagoneHOU — GM Charley Casserly · Louisville

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