S · pick 52 — first ever safety at #52 (1985)

S·pick 52

FIRST S EVER DRAFTED AT #52

Jim Bowman

Drafted by NE — GM Patrick Sullivan · Central Michigan

1985

safeties drafted at #52 in NFL history

most recent: Alton Montgomery (DEN, 1990)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1984, the model gave a safety at #52 a 7.0% chance in 1985.

Safety at #52, 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: 14.2% · 2027 model: 4.0%

Surrounding picks · 1985 draft

#47OTMark BehningPIT — GM Dick Haley
#48DEGarin VerisNE — GM Patrick Sullivan
#49CBReggie PhillipsCHI — GM Jerry Vainisi
#50WRChuck ScottLAR — GM John Shaw
#51OTScott BergoldARI — GM Bill Bidwill
#53RBOwen GillSEA — GM Mike McCormack
#54LBSimon FletcherDEN — GM John Beake
#55SJeffery DaleLAC — GM Steve Ortmayer
#56DEBen ThomasNE — GM Patrick Sullivan
#57QBFrank ReichBUF — GM Bill Polian

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 1 pick

1990Alton MontgomeryDEN — GM John Beake · Houston

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