S · pick 108 — first ever safety at #108 (1980)

S·pick 108

FIRST S EVER DRAFTED AT #108

Bob Gregor

Drafted by LAC — GM Steve Ortmayer · Washington St.

1980

safeties drafted at #108 in NFL history

most recent: Quinton Carter (DEN, 2011)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1979, the model gave a safety at #108 a 6.2% chance in 1980.

Safety at #108, 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: 13.5% · 2027 model: 5.0%

🟣 Unassigned DBs at pick #108

A defensive back was drafted at this pick whose CB-vs-S couldn't be confirmed (raw position label "DB" only). With further research one of these picks may turn out to be the actual draftigami at this cell.

1976Rhodes, WayneWayne RhodesCHI · Alabama

Surrounding picks · 1980 draft

#103OGArland ThompsonCHI — GM Jim Finks
#104RBI.M. HippATL — GM Eddie LeBaron
#105OGKurt PetersenDAL — GM Tex Schramm
#106TEChris CombsTEN — GM Bum Phillips
#107RBRick ParrosDEN — GM Edgar Kaiser/staff
#109QBPaul McDonaldCLE — GM Art Modell/staff
#110SBill HurleyPIT — GM Dick Haley
#111SMark StreeterDET — GM Russ Thomas
#112DTKen TimesSF — GM John McVay
#113SBryan HicksCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 3 picks

2011Quinton CarterDEN — GM John Elway · Oklahoma
2005Vincent FullerTEN — GM Floyd Reese · Virginia Tech
2000John KeithSF — GM Bill Walsh · Furman

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