S · pick 76 — first ever safety at #76 (1967)

S·pick 76

FIRST S EVER DRAFTED AT #76

Phil Clark

Drafted by DAL · Northwestern

1967 · earliest year in the data window

safeties drafted at #76 in NFL history

most recent: Chad Jones (NYG, 2010)

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 #76, 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: 4.5%

Surrounding picks · 1967 draft

#72WREppie BarneyCLE
#73CRockne "Rocky" FreitasPIT
#74CBHenry KingNYJ
#74SHenry KingNYJ
#75LBBill FairbandLV
#77TEBilly MastersKC
#78CBJohn RowserGB
#79CDel WilliamsNO
#80RBBen HartNO
#81STRon WidbyNO

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 6 picks

2010Chad JonesNYG — GM Jerry Reese · LSU
1999Marquis SmithCLE — GM Dwight Clark · California
1996Ryan StewartDET — GM Chuck Schmidt · Georgia Tech
1987Len BellCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · Indiana
1982John KrimmNO — GM Ken Meyer/staff · Notre Dame
1972Bobby MajorsPHI · Tennessee

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