S · pick 78 — first ever safety at #78 (1981)

S·pick 78

FIRST S EVER DRAFTED AT #78

Lloyd Burruss

Drafted by KC — GM Jim Schaaf · Maryland

1981

safeties drafted at #78 in NFL history

most recent: A.J. Haulcy (IND, 2026)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1980, the model gave a safety at #78 a 5.9% chance in 1981.

Safety at #78, 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: 4.6%

Surrounding picks · 1981 draft

#73CRick DonnalleyPIT — GM Dick Haley
#74OTTim IrwinMIN — GM Mike Lynn
#75OTRoger TaylorKC — GM Jim Schaaf
#76WRMike MosleyBUF — GM Stew Barber
#77CBIrvin PhillipsLAC — GM Steve Ortmayer
#79WRMike HolstonTEN — GM Ladd Herzeg
#80SScott WoernerATL — GM Eddie LeBaron
#81OGGlen TitensorDAL — GM Tex Schramm
#82TEGreg LaFleurPHI — GM Jim Murray
#83DTRobert GeathersBUF — GM Stew Barber

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 4 picks

2026A.J. HaulcyIND · LSU
1989Greg JacksonNYG — GM George Young · LSU
1986David FulcherCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · Arizona St.
1984Tony LillyDEN — GM Edgar Kaiser/staff · Florida

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