S · pick 61 — first ever safety at #61 (1983)

S·pick 61

FIRST S EVER DRAFTED AT #61

Albert Lewis

Drafted by KC — GM Jim Schaaf · Grambling St.

1983

safeties drafted at #61 in NFL history

most recent: Taylor Rapp (LAR, 2019)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1982, the model gave a safety at #61 a 5.3% chance in 1983.

Safety at #61, 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: 13.9% · 2027 model: 4.2%

Surrounding picks · 1983 draft

#56RBRichard WilliamsWAS — GM Bobby Beathard
#57DTGeorge AchicaIND — GM Ernie Accorsi
#58LBTim JoinerTEN — GM Ladd Herzeg
#59LBBlanchard MontgomerySF — GM John McVay
#60WRClint SampsonDEN — GM Edgar Kaiser/staff
#62WRGlen YoungPHI — GM Jim Murray
#63TEJamie WilliamsNYG — GM George Young
#64SDave DuersonCHI — GM Jerry Vainisi
#65TEJohn TiceNO — GM Ken Meyer/staff
#66RBCliff AustinNO — GM Ken Meyer/staff

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 7 picks

2019Taylor RappLAR — GM Les Snead · Washington
2017Josh JonesGB — GM Ted Thompson · North Carolina St.
2016Vonn BellNO — GM Mickey Loomis · Ohio St.
2007Gerald AlexanderDET — GM Matt Millen · Boise St.
1998Eric BrownDEN — GM Mike Shanahan · Mississippi St.
1996Brian DawkinsPHI — GM Tom Modrak · Clemson
1985Anthony YoungIND — GM Jim Irsay/staff · Temple

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