QB · pick 90 — first ever quarterback at #90 (1981)

QB·pick 90

FIRST QB EVER DRAFTED AT #90

Tom Flick

Drafted by WAS — GM Bobby Beathard · Washington

1981

QBs drafted at #90 in NFL history

most recent: Matt Schaub (ATL, 2004)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1980, the model gave a quarterback at #90 a 5.4% chance in 1981.

Quarterback at #90, 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 · 1981 draft

#85RBCliff ChatmanNYG — GM George Young
#86LBAl WashingtonNYJ — GM Jim Kensil
#87WRScott PhillipsSEA — GM John Thompson
#88WRSteve RhodesARI — GM Bill Bidwill
#89CBJohn HoltTB — GM Phil Krueger
#91LBScott PelluerDAL — GM Tex Schramm
#92DEMike RobinsonCLE — GM Art Modell/staff
#93LBGuy FrazierCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#94TETim SherwinIND — GM Dick Szymanski
#95STodd BellCHI — GM Jim Finks

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 1 pick

2004Matt SchaubATL — GM Rich McKay · Virginia

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