DE · pick 175 — first ever defensive end at #175 (1999)

DE·pick 175

FIRST DE EVER DRAFTED AT #175

Robert Daniel

Drafted by CAR — GM Dom Anile

1999

DEs drafted at #175 in NFL history

most recent: Sutton Smith (PIT, 2019)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1998, the model gave a defensive end at #175 a 8.5% chance in 1999.

Defensive end at #175, 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: 16.1% · 2027 model: 6.6%

Surrounding picks · 1999 draft

#170CBSteve JohnsonSEA — GM Randy Mueller
#171WRTai StreetsSF — GM Bill Walsh
#172RBCecil MartinPHI — GM Tom Modrak
#173DTKelly GreggCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#174DTMarcus SpriggsCLE — GM Dwight Clark
#176DELionel BarnesLAR — GM John Shaw / Jay Zygmunt
#177LBClint KriewaldtDET — GM Chuck Schmidt
#178CBTyrone BellLAC — GM Bobby Beathard
#179TEDesmond ClarkDEN — GM Mike Shanahan
#180CBMarcus WashingtonNE — GM Bobby Grier

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 2 picks

2019Sutton SmithPIT — GM Kevin Colbert · Northern Illinois
2010Greg HardyCAR — GM Marty Hurney · Mississippi

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