QB · pick 89 — first ever quarterback at #89 (1980)

QB·pick 89

FIRST QB EVER DRAFTED AT #89

Rusty Lisch

Drafted by ARI — GM Bill Bidwill · Notre Dame

1980

QBs drafted at #89 in NFL history

most recent: Sean Mannion (LAR, 2015)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1979, the model gave a quarterback at #89 a 5.3% chance in 1980.

Quarterback at #89, 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 · 1980 draft

#84SRicky ChurchmanSF — GM John McVay
#85QBEric HippleDET — GM Russ Thomas
#86OGWilliam GlassCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#87WRFred NixonGB — GM Bart Starr
#88WRRay ButlerIND — GM Dick Szymanski
#90WRDanny PittmanNYG — GM George Young
#91LBJim LaughlinATL — GM Eddie LeBaron
#92LBDennis JohnsonMIN — GM Mike Lynn
#93LBErvin ParkerBUF — GM Stew Barber
#94LBDave KlugKC — GM Jim Schaaf

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 1 pick

2015Sean MannionLAR — GM Les Snead · Oregon St.

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