S · pick 73 — first ever safety at #73 (1968)

S·pick 73

FIRST S EVER DRAFTED AT #73

Dick Anderson

Drafted by MIA · Colorado

1968

safeties drafted at #73 in NFL history

most recent: Brandon Taylor (LAC, 2012)

How rare was this draftigami?

No rarity score — the model compares each pick to its predictions for earlier seasons, and drafts from 1967–1969 sit before that runway is long enough.

Safety at #73, 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: 13.7% · 2027 model: 4.5%

Surrounding picks · 1968 draft

#68LBAdrian YoungPHI
#69LBSkip VanderbundtSF
#70RBBobby DuhonNYG
#71LBEd HarmonDAL
#72OTSam WaltonNYJ
#74TECharlie SandersDET
#75OTBob VaughnDEN
#76LBMike McGillMIN
#77DEElvin BetheaTEN
#78WRRich O'HaraIND

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 3 picks

2012Brandon TaylorLAC — GM A.J. Smith · LSU
1975Mike FullerLAC · Auburn
1969Terry BrownARI · Oklahoma State

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