S · pick 165 — first ever safety at #165 (1968)

S·pick 165

FIRST S EVER DRAFTED AT #165

James Johnson

Drafted by CIN · South Carolina State

1968

safeties drafted at #165 in NFL history

most recent: Shawn Davis (IND, 2021)

How rare was this draftigami?

No rarity score — the model compares each pick to its predictions for earlier seasons, and drafts from 1967–1969 sit before that runway is long enough.

Safety at #165, 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: 13.4% · 2027 model: 5.3%

🟣 Unassigned DBs at pick #165

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.

1985Mark PembrookNYG · Cal State-Fullerton

Surrounding picks · 1968 draft

#160CBSidney EllisCIN
#161CBobby WebbLAR
#162WRRick EberATL
#163RBCharles WilliamsCIN
#164RBWalter ChadwickGB
#166TESteve SmithCIN
#167WROscar ReedMIN
#168CJohn HarperLV
#169OGRay PhillipsNO
#170QBJohn SchneiderNE

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 5 picks

2021Shawn DavisIND — GM Chris Ballard · Florida
2009Chris ClemonsMIA — GM Jeff Ireland · Clemson
2007Eric FramptonLV — GM Al Davis era · Washington St.
1998Damien RichardsonCAR — GM Dom Anile · Arizona St.
1987Stephen BraggsCLE — GM Ernie Accorsi · Texas

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