DE · pick 227 — first ever defensive end at #227 (1995)

DE·pick 227

FIRST DE EVER DRAFTED AT #227

Jeff Rodgers

Drafted by TB — GM Rich McKay · Texas A&M-Kingsville

1995

DEs drafted at #227 in NFL history

most recent: Martin Ifedi (LAR, 2015)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1994, the model gave a defensive end at #227 a 5.1% chance in 1995.

Defensive end at #227, 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: 21.8% · 2027 model: 6.3%

Surrounding picks · 1995 draft

#222TEByron ChamberlainDEN — GM Mike Shanahan
#223LBJessie CoxIND — GM Bill Tobin
#224LBWesley LeasyARI — GM Larry Wilson
#225STBryne DiehlNYG — GM George Young
#226CBScott TurnerWAS — GM Charley Casserly
#228OGHessley HempsteadDET — GM Chuck Schmidt
#229LBJamal CoxCHI — GM Rod Graves
#230OGAdam TimmermanGB — GM Ron Wolf
#231WRA.C. TellisonCLE — GM Bill Belichick
#232DTJose WhiteMIN — GM Frank Gilliam

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 3 picks

2015Martin IfediLAR — GM Les Snead · Memphis
2005Kenneth PettwayHOU — GM Charley Casserly · Grambling St.
2003Clint MitchellDEN — GM Mike Shanahan · Florida

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