DE · pick 254 — first ever defensive end at #254 (2011)

DE·pick 254

FIRST DE EVER DRAFTED AT #254

Cheta Ozougwu

Drafted by HOU — GM Rick Smith · Rice

2011

DEs drafted at #254 in NFL history

most recent: Fadil Diggs (NO, 2025)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 2010, the model gave a defensive end at #254 a 7.2% chance in 2011.

Defensive end at #254, 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: 27.3% · 2027 model: 6.3%

🟡 Mr. Irrelevant cell

Last pick of the draft in 1 year.

2011 Cheta Ozougwu (HOU)

Surrounding picks · 2011 draft

#249WRDeMarco SampsonARI — GM Rod Graves
#250CBCurtis HolcombSF — GM Trent Baalke
#251CBTommie CampbellTEN — GM Ruston Webster
#252OGBill NagyDAL — GM Jerry Jones
#253DTChris NeildWAS — GM Bruce Allen

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 1 pick

2025Fadil DiggsNO — GM Mickey Loomis · Syracuse

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