S · pick 42 — first ever safety at #42 (1968)

S·pick 42

FIRST S EVER DRAFTED AT #42

Bob Atkins

Drafted by ARI · Grambling

1968

safeties drafted at #42 in NFL history

most recent: Marcus Williams (NO, 2017)

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 #42, 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: 14.5% · 2027 model: 3.7%

Surrounding picks · 1968 draft

#37STJerry DePoysterDET
#38LBTom RousselWAS
#39RBCyril PinderPHI
#40WRFred HyattARI
#41OTRich BuzinNYG
#43CBill LenkaitisLAC
#44DESteve ThompsonNYJ
#45WRDave McDanielsDAL
#46WRBob WallaceCHI
#47LBJohn GarlingtonCLE

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 7 picks

2017Marcus WilliamsNO — GM Mickey Loomis · Utah
2009Jairus ByrdBUF — GM Buddy Nix · Oregon
2006Danieal ManningCHI — GM Jerry Angelo · Abilene Christian
2003Ken HamlinSEA — GM Mike Holmgren · Arkansas
1995Orlando ThomasMIN — GM Frank Gilliam · Louisiana
1988Jarvis WilliamsMIA — GM Don Shula · Florida
1983Keith BosticTEN — GM Ladd Herzeg · Michigan

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