DE · pick 28 — first ever defensive end at #28 (1968)

DE·pick 28

FIRST DE EVER DRAFTED AT #28

Bill Staley

Drafted by CIN · Utah State

1968

DEs drafted at #28 in NFL history

most recent: Myles Murphy (CIN, 2023)

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 #28, 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: 17.8% · 2027 model: 10.4%

Surrounding picks · 1968 draft

#23OTJohn WilliamsIND
#24WREarl McCullouchDET
#25QBEldridge DickeyLV
#26OGBill LueckGB
#27OTDoug CrusanMIA
#29DECarlton DabneyATL
#30QBGary BebanLAR
#31DECurley CulpDEN
#32OTTom FunchessNE
#33SCharlie WestMIN

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 9 picks

2023Myles MurphyCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · Clemson
2021Payton TurnerNO — GM Mickey Loomis · Houston
2017Taco CharltonDAL — GM Jerry Jones · Michigan
2012Nick PerryGB — GM Ted Thompson · USC
2010Jared OdrickMIA — GM Jeff Ireland · Penn St.
2008Lawrence JacksonSEA — GM Tim Ruskell · USC
2005Luis CastilloLAC — GM A.J. Smith · Northwestern
1978Larry BetheaDAL · Michigan State
1977Ezra JohnsonGB · Morris Brown

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