QB · pick 85, First QB at #85 in the Common Draft since 1967, rounds 1-7, QB grouping. (1980)

QB·pick 85

FIRST QB IN OUR WINDOW AT #85

Eric Hipple

Drafted by DET , GM Russ Thomas · Utah St.

1980 · round 4

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

QBs drafted at #85 in NFL history

most recent: Colt McCoy (CLE, 2010)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1979, the model gave a quarterback at #85 a 4.9% chance in 1980.

Quarterback at #85, 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: 5.6% · 2027 model: 3.7%

Surrounding picks · 1980 draft

#80RBJames JonesDAL , GM Tex Schramm
#81LBCharles BakerARI , GM Bill Bidwill
#82DTPhil MurphyLAR , GM Don Klosterman
#83TERay SydnorPIT , GM Dick Haley
#84SRicky ChurchmanSF , GM John McVay
#86OGWilliam GlassCIN , GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#87WRFred NixonGB , GM Bart Starr
#88WRRay ButlerIND , GM Dick Szymanski
#89QBRusty LischARI , GM Bill Bidwill
#90WRDanny PittmanNYG , GM George Young

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 4 picks

2010Colt McCoyCLE , GM Tom Heckert · Texas
2006Brodie CroyleKC , GM Carl Peterson · Alabama
2005David GreeneSEA , GM Tim Ruskell · Georgia
1996Bobby HoyingPHI , GM Tom Modrak · Ohio St.

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