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NFL DRAFTIGAMI

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DE·pick 18

FIRST DE EVER DRAFTED AT #18

Donnell Thompson

Drafted by IND — GM Dick Szymanski · North Carolina

1981

How rare was this draftigami?

Common — not rare enough to clear the top 12.5% cutoff (no badge).

Trained on every defensive end pick before 1981, the model gave a 16.0% chance of a defensive end going at #18 that year.

Tiers are hard percentile cutoffs over every draftigami in our window: top 12.5% rarest = RARE, 5% = SUPER RARE, 1% = MEGA RARE, 0.25% = LEGENDARY.

Surrounding picks · 1981 draft

#13RBDavid OverstreetMIA — GM Don Shula
#14TEWillie ScottKC — GM Jim Schaaf
#15SDennis SmithDEN — GM Edgar Kaiser/staff
#16WRMark NicholsDET — GM Russ Thomas
#17DEKeith GaryPIT — GM Dick Haley
#19OTBrian HollowayNE — GM Bucko Kilroy
#20OGMark MayWAS — GM Bobby Beathard
#21STed WattsLV — GM Al Davis
#22SHanford DixonCLE — GM Art Modell/staff
#23OGCurt MarshLV — GM Al Davis

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 12 picks

2026Caleb BanksMIN · Florida
2012Melvin IngramLAC — GM A.J. Smith · South Carolina
2009Robert AyersDEN — GM Brian Xanders · Tennessee
2005Erasmus JamesMIN — GM Mike Tice / Brzezinski · Wisconsin
2004Will SmithNO — GM Mickey Loomis · Ohio St.
2003Calvin PaceARI — GM Rod Graves · Wake Forest
1997Kenny HolmesTEN — GM Floyd Reese · Miami (FL)
1991Alfred WilliamsCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · Colorado
1990Tony BennettGB — GM Tom Braatz · Mississippi
1988Aaron JonesPIT — GM Dick Haley · Eastern Kentucky
1987Tony WoodsSEA — GM Mike McCormack · Pittsburgh
1985Freddie Joe NunnARI — GM Bill Bidwill · Mississippi

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