Super Bowl 2024: The Brock Purdy story is one in a million, right? Try one in 24 million

The NFL script writers nailed this one. Have the last pick of the 2022 NFL Draft in Las Vegas go on to star in a Super Bowl in Sin City less than two years later. 

You can’t make these things up. Brock Purdy’s career comes full circle in Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas after he was the 262nd overall pick in the same city in 2022. 

Purdy’s story from Mr. Irrelevant to an MVP finalist starting in the Super Bowl is one in a million, right? Well, in a town like Las Vegas, everything has odds. 

So here’s the odds on Purdy’s impossible path to the Super Bowl. For the “I was told there’d be no math” crowd, buckle up!

What are the odds? Brock Purdy’s path to the Super Bowl

Step 1: High school football –> college football: 1 in 14

To do it right, I went all the way back to high school, where he was a three-star recruit at Perry High School in Gilbert, Arizona. According to NCAA research, 7.3% of high school football players play in college (at any level).

That’s roughly 1 in 14.

Step 2: High school football –> college football –> NFL: 1 in 1,000

From there, roughly 1.6% of…

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Author : Douglas Clawson

Publish date : 2024-02-01 16:48:54

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