S · pick 6 — first ever safety at #6 (1984)

S·pick 6

FIRST S EVER DRAFTED AT #6

Mossy Cade

Drafted by LAC — GM Steve Ortmayer · Texas

1984

safeties drafted at #6 in NFL history

most recent: Jamal Adams (NYJ, 2017)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1983, the model gave a safety at #6 a 3.2% chance in 1984.

Safety at #6, 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: 13.6% · 2027 model: 3.2%

Surrounding picks · 1984 draft

#1WRIrving FryarNE — GM Patrick Sullivan
#2OTDean SteinkuhlerTEN — GM Ladd Herzeg
#3LBCarl BanksNYG — GM George Young
#4WRKenny JacksonPHI — GM Jim Murray
#5DTBill MaasKC — GM Jim Schaaf
#7LBRicky HunleyCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#8CBLeonard ColemanIND — GM Jim Irsay/staff
#9DERick BryanATL — GM Tom Braatz
#10CBRussell CarterNYJ — GM Jim Kensil
#11LBWilber MarshallCHI — GM Jerry Vainisi

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 3 picks

2017Jamal AdamsNYJ — GM Mike Maccagnan · LSU
2007LaRon LandryWAS — GM Vinny Cerrato · LSU
1990Mark CarrierCHI — GM Bill Tobin · USC

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