DE · pick 248 — first ever defensive end at #248 (1999)

DE·pick 248

FIRST DE EVER DRAFTED AT #248

Bryce Fisher

Drafted by BUF — GM John Butler · Air Force

1999

DEs drafted at #248 in NFL history

most recent: Andre Anthony (TB, 2022)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1998, the model gave a defensive end at #248 a 10.7% chance in 1999.

Defensive end at #248, 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: 25.7% · 2027 model: 6.3%

Surrounding picks · 1999 draft

#243OGKelvin GarmonDAL — GM Jerry Jones
#244OGJoe WongMIA — GM Jimmy Johnson
#245QBScott CovingtonCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#246DEChris WhiteJAX — GM Tom Coughlin
#247WRRondel MenendezATL — GM Harold Richardson
#249DTDonald BroomfieldCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#250LBCorey TerryIND — GM Bill Polian
#251DTPernell DavisPHI — GM Tom Modrak
#252STRodney WilliamsLAR — GM John Shaw / Jay Zygmunt
#253RBJim FinnCHI — GM Mark Hatley

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 1 pick

2022Andre AnthonyTB — GM Jason Licht · LSU

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