S · pick 123 — first ever safety at #123 (1990)

S·pick 123

FIRST S EVER DRAFTED AT #123

Stan Smagala

Drafted by DAL — GM Jerry Jones · Notre Dame

1990

safeties drafted at #123 in NFL history

most recent: Montae Nicholson (WAS, 2017)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1989, the model gave a safety at #123 a 9.0% chance in 1990.

Safety at #123, 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: 13.7% · 2027 model: 5.1%

🟣 Unassigned DBs at pick #123

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.

1996Chris DarkinsGB · Minnesota
1988Ezekial GadsonBUF · Pittsburgh
1974Wessel, PetePete WesselLV · Northwestern

Surrounding picks · 1990 draft

#118WRJeff CampbellDET — GM Chuck Schmidt
#119DTEric HayesSEA — GM Tom Flores/Behring
#120RBJames GrayNE — GM Sam Jankovich
#121OGReggie ReddingATL — GM Ken Herock
#122WRLynn JamesCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#124OGDerrick GrahamKC — GM Carl Peterson
#125TECharles ArbuckleNO — GM Jim Finks
#126LBRichard NewbillTEN — GM Mike Holovak
#127OTKen HackemackKC — GM Carl Peterson
#128RBBarry FosterPIT — GM Dick Haley

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 2 picks

2017Montae NicholsonWAS — GM Bruce Allen · Michigan St.
2005Kerry RhodesNYJ — GM Terry Bradway · Louisville

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