DE · pick 3 — first ever defensive end at #3 (1968)

DE·pick 3

FIRST DE EVER DRAFTED AT #3

Claude Humphrey

Drafted by ATL · Tennessee State

1968

DEs drafted at #3 in NFL history

most recent: Abdul Carter (NYG, 2025)

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 #3, 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: 35.0% · 2027 model: 14.5%

Surrounding picks · 1968 draft

#1OTRon YaryMIN
#2CBob JohnsonCIN
#4OTRuss WashingtonLAC
#5LBFred CarrGB
#6DTDennis ByrdNE
#7DEKevin HardyNO
#8RBLarry CsonkaMIA

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 8 picks

2025Abdul CarterNYG — GM Joe Schoen · Penn St.
2017Solomon ThomasSF — GM John Lynch · Stanford
2016Joey BosaLAC — GM Tom Telesco · Ohio St.
2013Dion JordanMIA — GM Jeff Ireland · Oregon
2009Tyson JacksonKC — GM Scott Pioli · LSU
1998Andre WadsworthARI — GM Bob Ferguson · Florida St.
1996Simeon RiceARI — GM Bob Ferguson · Illinois
1977Eddie EdwardsCIN · Miami (FL)

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