S · pick 185 — first ever safety at #185 (1982)

S·pick 185

FIRST S EVER DRAFTED AT #185

Tom Morris

Drafted by TB — GM Phil Krueger · Michigan St.

1982

safeties drafted at #185 in NFL history

most recent: DeAndre Houston-Carson (CHI, 2016)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1981, the model gave a safety at #185 a 6.6% chance in 1982.

Safety at #185, 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: 14.1% · 2027 model: 5.4%

Surrounding picks · 1982 draft

#179TESteve JordanMIN — GM Mike Lynn
#180LBJohn SchachtnerWAS — GM Bobby Beathard
#181OGJoe ShearinLAR — GM Don Klosterman
#182OTEmil BouresPIT — GM Dick Haley
#184DEGreg SmithKC — GM Jim Schaaf
#186OGJeff WiskaNYG — GM George Young
#187WRVictor SimmonsDET — GM Russ Thomas
#188CBHollis HallLAC — GM Steve Ortmayer
#189DEAlvin RubenDEN — GM Edgar Kaiser/staff
#190DTHarvey ArmstrongPHI — GM Jim Murray

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 5 picks

2016DeAndre Houston-CarsonCHI — GM Ryan Pace · William & Mary
2006Tyrone CulverGB — GM Ted Thompson · Fresno St.
1998Jamaal AlexanderDET — GM Chuck Schmidt · Southern Miss
1989Charles WashingtonIND — GM Jim Irsay/staff · Cameron
1988Ray JacksonSEA — GM Mike McCormack · Ohio St.

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