QB·pick 7
Phil Simms
Drafted by NYG · Morehead State
1979 · round unknown
Common Draft since 1967, rounds 1-7, QB grouping.
5
QBs drafted at #7 in NFL history
most recent: Josh Allen (BUF, 2018)
How rare was this draftigami?
Trained on every pick through 1978, the model gave a quarterback at #7 a 7.2% chance in 1979.
Quarterback at #7, 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: 14.2% · 2027 model: 13.5%
Surrounding picks · 1979 draft
- #2DEMike Bell
- #3QBJack Thompson
- #4DTDan Hampton
- #5WRJerry Butler
- #6LBBarry Krauss
- #8RBOttis Anderson
- #9DEAl Harris
- #10OTKeith Dorney
- #11STRussell Erxleben
- #12RBCharles Alexander
Drafted at this same coordinate later · 4 picks
- 2018Josh Allen
- 2003Byron Leftwich
- 1990Andre Ware
- 1983Todd Blackledge