DE · pick 181 — first ever defensive end at #181 (1968)

DE·pick 181

FIRST DE EVER DRAFTED AT #181

Willie Holman

Drafted by CHI · South Carolina State

1968

DEs drafted at #181 in NFL history

most recent: Kyron Johnson (PHI, 2022)

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 #181, 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: 16.7% · 2027 model: 6.6%

Surrounding picks · 1968 draft

#176RBBob BrunetWAS
#177WRKen HenryARI
#178OGJoe PrzybyckiPHI
#179LBJerry RichardsonSF
#180DEDoug ChatmanNYG
#182OTOscar LubkeNYJ

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 6 picks

2022Kyron JohnsonPHI — GM Howie Roseman · Kansas
2018Kylie FittsCHI — GM Ryan Pace · Utah
2001Rodney BaileyPIT — GM Kevin Colbert · Ohio St.
2000Quinton ReeseDET — GM Chuck Schmidt · Auburn
1980Chris LinninNYG — GM George Young · Washington
1972Slater, BillBill SlaterMIN · Western Michigan

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