DE · pick 144 — first ever defensive end at #144 (1967)

DE·pick 144

FIRST DE EVER DRAFTED AT #144

John McCambridge

Drafted by DET · Northwestern

1967 · earliest year in the data window

DEs drafted at #144 in NFL history

most recent: Joshua Kaindoh (KC, 2021)

How rare was this draftigami?

No rarity score — the model compares each pick to its predictions for earlier seasons, and drafts from 1967–1969 sit before that runway is long enough.

Defensive end at #144, 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: 13.4% · 2027 model: 7.1%

Surrounding picks · 1967 draft

#139WRNeal SweeneyDEN
#140OTMike HaggertyPIT
#141QBTim JonesDET
#142QBVirgil CarterCHI
#143OGDoug KriewaldCHI
#145RBDoug CunninghamSF
#146DEJeff RichardsonNYJ
#147WRNate JohnsLAC
#148RBEugene SnipesATL
#149DEBill WildersonBUF

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 5 picks

2021Joshua KaindohKC — GM Brett Veach · Florida St.
1988Nate HillGB — GM Tom Braatz · Auburn
1985Kurt PloegerDAL — GM Tex Schramm · Gustavus Adolphus
1971Dixon, JayJay DixonCLE · Boston University
1969Bill NicholsonCHI · Stanford

→ see this cell on the full chart