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NFL DRAFTIGAMI

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DE·pick 1

FIRST DE EVER DRAFTED AT #1

Walt Patulski

Drafted by BUF · Notre Dame

1972

How rare was this draftigami?

Common — not rare enough to clear the top 12.5% cutoff (no badge).

Trained on every defensive end pick before 1972, the model gave a 19.0% chance of a defensive end going at #1 that year.

Tiers are hard percentile cutoffs over every draftigami in our window: top 12.5% rarest = RARE, 5% = SUPER RARE, 1% = MEGA RARE, 0.25% = LEGENDARY.

Surrounding picks · 1972 draft

#2DESherman WhiteCIN
#3OTLionel AntoineCHI
#4WRBobby MooreARI
#5TERiley OdomsDEN
#6DEGreg SampsonTEN

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 11 picks

2022Travon WalkerJAX — GM Trent Baalke · Georgia
2017Myles GarrettCLE — GM Sashi Brown · Texas A&M
2014Jadeveon ClowneyHOU — GM Rick Smith · South Carolina
2006Mario WilliamsHOU — GM Rick Smith · North Carolina St.
2000Courtney BrownCLE — GM Dwight Clark · Penn St.
1992Steve EmtmanIND — GM Jim Irsay/staff · Washington
1985Bruce SmithBUF — GM Bill Polian · Virginia Tech
1982Kenneth SimsNE — GM Bucko Kilroy · Texas
1976Lee Roy SelmonTB · Oklahoma
1974Ed JonesDAL · Tennessee State
1973John MatuszakTEN · Tampa

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