S · pick 173 — first ever safety at #173 (1968)

S·pick 173

FIRST S EVER DRAFTED AT #173

Pete Richardson

Drafted by BUF · Dayton

1968

safeties drafted at #173 in NFL history

most recent: Dominique Barber (HOU, 2008)

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 #173, 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: 5.3%

Surrounding picks · 1968 draft

#168CJohn HarperLV
#169OGRay PhillipsNO
#170QBJohn SchneiderNE
#171RBLenny SnowMIN
#172OTJohn BoyntonMIA
#174RBDoug DaltonPIT
#175WRGene HowardNO
#176RBBob BrunetWAS
#177WRKen HenryARI
#178OGJoe PrzybyckiPHI

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 6 picks

2008Dominique BarberHOU — GM Rick Smith · Minnesota
2006Reed DoughtyWAS — GM Vinny Cerrato · Northern Colorado
1992Curtis CottonLV — GM Al Davis · Nebraska
1989Brian JordanBUF — GM Bill Polian · Richmond
1978John HarrisSEA · Arizona State
1971Cooch, JamesJames CoochARI · Colorado

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