CB·pick 17
Bruce Taylor
Drafted by SF · Boston University
1970 · round unknown
Common Draft since 1967, rounds 1-7, CB grouping.
10
CBs drafted at #17 in NFL history
most recent: Christian Gonzalez (NE, 2023)
How rare was this draftigami?
Trained on every pick through 1969, the model gave a cornerback at #17 a 5.4% chance in 1970.
Cornerback at #17, 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: 14.3% · 2027 model: 12.5%
Surrounding picks · 1970 draft
- #12LBJohn Small
- #13LBJim Files
- #14OGDoug Wilkerson
- #15WRWalker Gillette
- #16TERich McGeorge
- #18RBNorm Bulaich
- #19RBSteve Owens
- #20CBSteve Tannen
- #21OTBob McKay
- #22LBJack Reynolds
Drafted at this same coordinate later · 9 picks
- 2023Christian Gonzalez
- 2012Dre Kirkpatrick
- 2002Phillip Buchanon
- 1993Tom Carter
- 1992Kevin Smith
- 1980Johnnie Johnson
- 1975Louis Wright
- 1972Eldridge Small
- 1971Norm Thompson