S · pick 3 — first ever safety at #3 (1988)

S·pick 3

FIRST S EVER DRAFTED AT #3

Bennie Blades

Drafted by DET — GM Russ Thomas · Miami (FL)

1988

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1987, the model gave a safety at #3 a 2.8% chance in 1988.

Safety at #3, 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: 13.8% · 2027 model: 2.4%

Surrounding picks · 1988 draft

#1LBAundray BruceATL — GM Ken Herock
#2DENeil SmithKC — GM Jim Schaaf
#4OTPaul GruberTB — GM Phil Krueger
#5SRickey DixonCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#6WRTim BrownLV — GM Al Davis
#7WRSterling SharpeGB — GM Tom Braatz
#8OGDave CadiganNYJ — GM Jim Kensil

Drafted at this same coordinate later

Nobody else has been drafted as this position at this pick number.

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