S · pick 46 — first ever safety at #46 (1972)

S·pick 46

FIRST S EVER DRAFTED AT #46

Jack Mildren

Drafted by IND · Oklahoma

1972

safeties drafted at #46 in NFL history

most recent: Jaquiski Tartt (SF, 2015)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1971, the model gave a safety at #46 a 5.1% chance in 1972.

Safety at #46, 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: 14.4% · 2027 model: 3.8%

🟣 Unassigned DBs at pick #46

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.

1969Eugene EppsWAS · Texas–El Paso

Surrounding picks · 1972 draft

#41OTSteve OkoniewskiATL
#42DTRosie ManningATL
#43OTJohn VellaLV
#44OTJean BarrettSF
#45CBClifford BrooksCLE
#47WRGlenn DoughtyIND
#48RBLydell MitchellIND
#49WRTom ReynoldsNE
#50RBEd MarinaroMIN
#51DESims, LesterLester SimsCLE

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 1 pick

2015Jaquiski TarttSF — GM Trent Baalke · Samford

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