CB · pick 77, First CB at #77 in the Common Draft since 1967, rounds 1-7, CB grouping. (1981)

CB·pick 77

FIRST CB IN OUR WINDOW AT #77

Irvin Phillips

Drafted by LAC , GM Steve Ortmayer · Arkansas Tech

1981 · round 3

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

CBs drafted at #77 in NFL history

most recent: Michael Ojemudia (DEN, 2020)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1980, the model gave a cornerback at #77 a 7.0% chance in 1981.

Cornerback at #77, 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: 13.9% · 2027 model: 13.9%

Surrounding picks · 1981 draft

#72OGDon GrecoDET , GM Russ Thomas
#73CRick DonnalleyPIT , GM Dick Haley
#74OTTim IrwinMIN , GM Mike Lynn
#75OTRoger TaylorKC , GM Jim Schaaf
#76WRMike MosleyBUF , GM Stew Barber
#78SLloyd BurrussKC , GM Jim Schaaf
#79WRMike HolstonTEN , GM Ladd Herzeg
#80SScott WoernerATL , GM Eddie LeBaron
#81OGGlen TitensorDAL , GM Tex Schramm
#82TEGreg LaFleurPHI , GM Jim Murray

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 4 picks

2020Michael OjemudiaDEN , GM John Elway · Iowa
2016Daryl WorleyCAR , GM Dave Gettleman · West Virginia
1998Dainon SidneyTEN , GM Floyd Reese · Ala-Birmingham
1984Rodney BellingerBUF , GM Stew Barber · Miami (FL)

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