S · pick 142 — first ever safety at #142 (1983)

S·pick 142

FIRST S EVER DRAFTED AT #142

Steve Haworth

Drafted by TEN — GM Ladd Herzeg · Oklahoma

1983

safeties drafted at #142 in NFL history

most recent: Adrian Amos (CHI, 2015)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1982, the model gave a safety at #142 a 6.2% chance in 1983.

Safety at #142, 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: 5.2%

Surrounding picks · 1983 draft

#137QBJeff ChristensenCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#138WRDokie WilliamsLV — GM Al Davis
#139DEJerome FosterTEN — GM Ladd Herzeg
#140WRGregg GarrityPIT — GM Dick Haley
#141WRTrumaine JohnsonLAC — GM Steve Ortmayer
#143CBVictor HeflinDEN — GM Edgar Kaiser/staff
#144OTGary KowalskiLAR — GM Don Klosterman
#145TETim StrackaCLE — GM Art Modell/staff
#146OTEllis GardnerKC — GM Jim Schaaf
#147WRVictor OatisPHI — GM Jim Murray

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 3 picks

2015Adrian AmosCHI — GM Ryan Pace · Penn St.
1997Eric StokesSEA — GM Mike Allman · Nebraska
1987Freddie RobinsonIND — GM Jim Irsay/staff · Alabama

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