DE · pick 177 — first ever defensive end at #177 (1982)

DE·pick 177

FIRST DE EVER DRAFTED AT #177

Jeff Jackson

Drafted by LV — GM Al Davis · Toledo

1982

DEs drafted at #177 in NFL history

most recent: Michael Danna (KC, 2020)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1981, the model gave a defensive end at #177 a 6.9% chance in 1982.

Defensive end at #177, 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: 16.3% · 2027 model: 6.6%

Surrounding picks · 1982 draft

#172DEEdmund NelsonPIT — GM Dick Haley
#173DEHenry WaechterCHI — GM Jim Finks
#174LBEugene WilliamsSEA — GM Mike McCormack
#175RBPhil BatesDET — GM Russ Thomas
#176RBDavid ToloumuATL — GM Eddie LeBaron
#178CBob SebroARI — GM Bill Bidwill
#179TESteve JordanMIN — GM Mike Lynn
#180LBJohn SchachtnerWAS — GM Bobby Beathard
#181OGJoe ShearinLAR — GM Don Klosterman
#182OTEmil BouresPIT — GM Dick Haley

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 3 picks

2020Michael DannaKC — GM Brett Veach · Michigan
2018Duke EjioforHOU — GM Brian Gaine · Wake Forest
2014Jeoffrey PaganHOU — GM Rick Smith · Alabama

→ see this cell on the full chart