S · pick 162 — first ever safety at #162 (1982)

S·pick 162

FIRST S EVER DRAFTED AT #162

Mike Whitwell

Drafted by CLE — GM Art Modell/staff · Texas A&M

1982

safeties drafted at #162 in NFL history

most recent: Ed Reynolds (PHI, 2014)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1981, the model gave a safety at #162 a 6.6% chance in 1982.

Safety at #162, 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: 5.3%

🟣 Unassigned DBs at pick #162

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.

1990Kevin ThompsonPHI · Oklahoma
1972Hutchinson, EricEric HutchinsonTEN · Northwestern

Surrounding picks · 1982 draft

#157SDurwood RoquemoreKC — GM Jim Schaaf
#158WRAndre TylerTB — GM Phil Krueger
#159WRCurt GrievePHI — GM Jim Murray
#160TEDeWayne ChiversBUF — GM Stew Barber
#161CBTom TutsonMIA — GM Don Shula
#163WRLonell PheaNYJ — GM Jim Kensil
#164LBRon HesterMIA — GM Don Shula
#165DTCharles DaumDAL — GM Tex Schramm
#166DTArthur KingCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#167LBCraig BinghamPIT — GM Dick Haley

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 2 picks

2014Ed ReynoldsPHI — GM Howie Roseman · Stanford
2012Corey WhiteNO — GM Mickey Loomis · Samford

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