CB · pick 5, First CB at #5 in the Common Draft since 1967, rounds 1-7, CB grouping. (1976)

CB·pick 5

FIRST CB IN OUR WINDOW AT #5

Mike Haynes

Drafted by NE · Arizona State

1976 · round unknown

Common Draft since 1967, rounds 1-7, CB grouping.

CBs drafted at #5 in NFL history

most recent: Devon Witherspoon (SEA, 2023)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1975, the model gave a cornerback at #5 a 3.7% chance in 1976.

Cornerback at #5, 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: 12.2% · 2027 model: 11.5%

Surrounding picks · 1976 draft

#1DELee Roy SelmonTB
#2DTSteve NiehausSEA
#3RBChuck MuncieNO
#4RBJoe WashingtonLAC
#6QBRichard ToddNYJ
#7RBMike PruittCLE
#8OTDennis LickCHI
#9RBBubba BeanATL
#10CBJames HunterDET

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 9 picks

2023Devon WitherspoonSEA , GM John Schneider · Illinois
2016Jalen RamseyJAX , GM David Caldwell · Florida St.
2011Patrick PetersonARI , GM Rod Graves · LSU
2003Terence NewmanDAL , GM Jerry Jones · Kansas St.
2002Quentin JammerLAC , GM John Butler · Texas
1997Bryant WestbrookDET , GM Chuck Schmidt · Texas
1992Terrell BuckleyGB , GM Ron Wolf · Florida St.
1991Todd LyghtLAR , GM John Shaw · Notre Dame
1989Deion SandersATL , GM Ken Herock · Florida St.

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