S · pick 171 — first ever safety at #171 (1971)

S·pick 171

FIRST S EVER DRAFTED AT #171

Neal Craig

Drafted by CIN · Fisk

1971

safeties drafted at #171 in NFL history

most recent: Shann Schillinger (ATL, 2010)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1970, the model gave a safety at #171 a 6.2% chance in 1971.

Safety at #171, 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: 5.3%

🟣 Unassigned DBs at pick #171

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.

1979Ries, TimTim RiesTEN · SW Missouri State

Surrounding picks · 1971 draft

#166SWillie GermanyWAS
#167QBLee, BuddyBuddy LeeCHI
#168WRDave DavisGB
#169WRChuck DicusLAC
#170STJacobs, BobBob JacobsCLE
#172WRBob NewlandNO
#173SCooch, JamesJames CoochARI
#174OTWatson, LarryLarry WatsonTEN
#175WRJohnson, JamesJames JohnsonGB
#176RBFerris, DennisDennis FerrisCHI

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 4 picks

2010Shann SchillingerATL — GM Thomas Dimitroff · Montana
2005Ben EmanuelCAR — GM Marty Hurney · UCLA
1988Derrick CrudupLV — GM Al Davis · Oklahoma
1975Mark CotneyTEN · Cameron

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