DE · pick 125 — first ever defensive end at #125 (1986)

DE·pick 125

FIRST DE EVER DRAFTED AT #125

Matt Koart

Drafted by GB — GM Forrest Gregg · USC

1986

DEs drafted at #125 in NFL history

most recent: Kyle Kennard (LAC, 2025)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1985, the model gave a defensive end at #125 a 6.8% chance in 1986.

Defensive end at #125, 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: 7.6%

Surrounding picks · 1986 draft

#120WRHassan JonesMIN — GM Mike Lynn
#121STRay CriswellPHI — GM Harry Gamble
#122CBErroll TuckerPIT — GM Dick Haley
#123LBLeon WhiteCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#124CGary WalkerIND — GM Jim Irsay/staff
#126RBBobby Joe EdmondsSEA — GM Mike McCormack
#127LBNick MillerCLE — GM Ernie Accorsi
#128DEDan McMillenPHI — GM Harry Gamble
#129CBDonald BrownLAC — GM Steve Ortmayer
#130WRVince WarrenNYG — GM George Young

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 3 picks

2025Kyle KennardLAC — GM Joe Hortiz · South Carolina
2009Lawrence SidburyATL — GM Thomas Dimitroff · Richmond
1987Mark MrazATL — GM Ken Herock · Utah St.

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