DE·pick 17
Ernie Price
Drafted by DET · Texas A&I
1973
8
DEs drafted at #17 in NFL history
most recent: Shemar Stewart (CIN, 2025)
How rare was this draftigami?
Trained on every pick through 1972, the model gave a defensive end at #17 a 9.7% chance in 1973.
Defensive end at #17, 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: 22.7% · 2027 model: 7.5%
Surrounding picks · 1973 draft
- #12RBChuck Foreman
- #13SBurgess Owens
- #14RBGeorge Amundson
- #15WRIsaac Curtis
- #16WRSteve Holden
- #18SMike Holmes
- #19WRDarryl Stingley
- #20TEBilly Joe Dupree
- #21WRBarry Smith
- #22OTPete Adams
Drafted at this same coordinate later · 7 picks
- 2025Shemar Stewart
- 2017Jonathan Allen
- 2007Jarvis Moss
- 1997Kenard Lang
- 1987Jason Buck
- 1981Keith Gary
- 1979Don Smith