S · pick 116 — first ever safety at #116 (2009)

S·pick 116

FIRST S EVER DRAFTED AT #116

Chip Vaughn

Drafted by NO — GM Mickey Loomis · Wake Forest

2009

safeties drafted at #116 in NFL history

most recent: Amani Hooker (TEN, 2019)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 2008, the model gave a safety at #116 a 10.0% chance in 2009.

Safety at #116, 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: 13.6% · 2027 model: 5.0%

🟣 Unassigned DBs at pick #116

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.

1968Jim SmithbergerNE · Notre Dame

Surrounding picks · 2009 draft

#111RBMike GoodsonCAR — GM Marty Hurney
#112SGlover QuinHOU — GM Rick Smith
#113DTVaughn MartinLAC — GM A.J. Smith
#114SDavid BrutonDEN — GM Brian Xanders
#115DTSammie Lee HillDET — GM Martin Mayhew
#117DEKyle MooreTB — GM Mark Dominik
#118LBStanley ArnouxNO — GM Mickey Loomis
#119CBD.J. MooreCHI — GM Jerry Angelo
#120DEBrandon WilliamsDAL — GM Jerry Jones
#121TEShawn NelsonBUF — GM Buddy Nix

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 2 picks

2019Amani HookerTEN — GM Jon Robinson · Iowa
2014Keith McGillLV — GM Reggie McKenzie · Utah

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