S · pick 98 — first ever safety at #98 (1969)

S·pick 98

FIRST S EVER DRAFTED AT #98

Fred Summers

Drafted by CLE · Wake Forest

1969

safeties drafted at #98 in NFL history

most recent: Jakobe Thomas (MIN, 2026)

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 #98, 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: 13.4% · 2027 model: 4.9%

Surrounding picks · 1969 draft

#93WRCharlie JoinerTEN
#94RBGene MooreSF
#95LBMike McCaffreyMIN
#96STRoy GerelaTEN
#97OGBill RhodesARI
#99DEJohn ZookLAR
#100OTRuby JacksonLV
#101CJack RudnayKC
#102OTBob HudspethNO
#103SDickie LyonsATL

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 4 picks

2026Jakobe ThomasMIN · Miami (FL)
2019Quincy WilliamsJAX — GM David Caldwell · Murray St.
2016Justin SimmonsDEN — GM John Elway · Boston Col.
2008Thomas DeCoudATL — GM Thomas Dimitroff · California

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