DE · pick 135 — first ever defensive end at #135 (1981)

DE·pick 135

FIRST DE EVER DRAFTED AT #135

Calvin Clark

Drafted by BUF — GM Stew Barber · Purdue

1981

DEs drafted at #135 in NFL history

most recent: John Cominsky (ATL, 2019)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1980, the model gave a defensive end at #135 a 6.3% chance in 1981.

Defensive end at #135, 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: 13.0% · 2027 model: 7.3%

Surrounding picks · 1981 draft

#130DESteve ClarkNE — GM Bucko Kilroy
#131DEKeith FergusonLAC — GM Steve Ortmayer
#132OGGary SayreWAS — GM Bobby Beathard
#133LBDelbert FowlerTEN — GM Ladd Herzeg
#134STSteve CoxCLE — GM Art Modell/staff
#136OTEric SandersATL — GM Eddie LeBaron
#137LBDanny SpradlinDAL — GM Tex Schramm
#138RBTommy VigoritoMIA — GM Don Shula
#139OGNat HudsonNO — GM Ken Meyer/staff
#140DESteve DurhamSEA — GM John Thompson

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 6 picks

2019John CominskyATL — GM Thomas Dimitroff · Charleston (WV)
2018John Franklin-MyersLAR — GM Les Snead · S.F. Austin
2015Marcus HardisonCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · Arizona St.
2006Rob NinkovichNO — GM Mickey Loomis · Purdue
2004Antonio SmithARI — GM Rod Graves · Oklahoma St.
1984Van HughesPIT — GM Dick Haley · Texas St.

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