S · pick 54 — first ever safety at #54 (1984)

S·pick 54

FIRST S EVER DRAFTED AT #54

Bo Eason

Drafted by TEN — GM Ladd Herzeg · UC Davis

1984

safeties drafted at #54 in NFL history

most recent: Jessie Bates III (CIN, 2018)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1983, the model gave a safety at #54 a 5.6% chance in 1984.

Safety at #54, 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: 4.1%

Surrounding picks · 1984 draft

#49WRDaryl TurnerSEA — GM Mike McCormack
#50WRBruce DavisCLE — GM Art Modell/staff
#51DESean JonesLV — GM Al Davis
#52TEChris KolodziejskiPIT — GM Dick Haley
#53LBJay BrophyMIA — GM Don Shula
#55DESteve HamiltonWAS — GM Bobby Beathard
#56TEJohn FrankSF — GM John McVay
#57CBFred AcornTB — GM Phil Krueger
#58LBJohnny MeadsTEN — GM Ladd Herzeg
#59QBJeff HostetlerNYG — GM George Young

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 6 picks

2018Jessie Bates IIICIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · Wake Forest
2011Jaiquawn JarrettPHI — GM Howie Roseman · Temple
2006Bernard PollardKC — GM Carl Peterson · Purdue
2001Michael StoneARI — GM Bob Ferguson · Memphis
1988Brad EdwardsMIN — GM Mike Lynn · South Carolina
1986Vencie GlennNE — GM Patrick Sullivan · Indiana St.

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