CB · pick 8, First CB at #8 in the Common Draft since 1967, rounds 1-7, CB grouping. (1980)

CB·pick 8

FIRST CB IN OUR WINDOW AT #8

Mark Haynes

Drafted by NYG , GM George Young · Colorado

1980 · round 1

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

CBs drafted at #8 in NFL history

most recent: Jaycee Horn (CAR, 2021)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1979, the model gave a cornerback at #8 a 5.7% chance in 1980.

Cornerback at #8, 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: 12.8% · 2027 model: 11.3%

Surrounding picks · 1980 draft

#3OTAnthony MunozCIN , GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#4DEBruce ClarkGB , GM Bart Starr
#5RBCurtis DickeyIND , GM Dick Szymanski
#6DECurtis GreerARI , GM Bill Bidwill
#7TEJunior MillerATL , GM Eddie LeBaron
#9DEDoug MartinMIN , GM Mike Lynn
#10DEJacob GreenSEA , GM John Thompson
#11OGBrad BuddeKC , GM Jim Schaaf
#12OTStan BrockNO , GM Ken Meyer/staff
#13RBEarl CooperSF , GM John McVay

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 3 picks

2021Jaycee HornCAR , GM Scott Fitterer · South Carolina
2014Justin GilbertCLE , GM Ray Farmer · Oklahoma St.
1984Leonard ColemanIND , GM Jim Irsay/staff · Vanderbilt

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