S · pick 117 — first ever safety at #117 (1974)

S·pick 117

FIRST S EVER DRAFTED AT #117

Carl Capria

Drafted by DET · Purdue

1974

safeties drafted at #117 in NFL history

most recent: Jordan Whitehead (TB, 2018)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1973, the model gave a safety at #117 a 7.6% chance in 1974.

Safety at #117, 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: 5.1%

🟣 Unassigned DBs at pick #117

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.

1967Louis JacksonNYJ · Grambling

Surrounding picks · 1974 draft

#112RBAndy JohnsonNE
#113WRJoel ParkerNO
#114RBHaskel StanbackCIN
#115TEKeith KrepflePHI
#116WRSteve OdomGB
#118DEMark IlgenfritzCLE
#119SClyde PowersNYG
#120CBFerguson, JimJim FergusonMIN
#121CBTerry SchmidtNO
#122OTGuy, TimTim GuyBUF

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 5 picks

2018Jordan WhiteheadTB — GM Jason Licht · Pittsburgh
2008Quintin DempsPHI — GM Tom Heckert · Texas-El Paso
2005Jerome CarterLAR — GM Charley Armey · Florida St.
2001John HowellTB — GM Rich McKay · Colorado St.
1975Steve FreemanNE · Mississippi State

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