DE · pick 32 — first ever defensive end at #32 (1974)

DE·pick 32

FIRST DE EVER DRAFTED AT #32

Fred Cook

Drafted by IND · Southern Miss

1974

DEs drafted at #32 in NFL history

most recent: Emmanuel Ogbah (CLE, 2016)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1973, the model gave a defensive end at #32 a 10.0% chance in 1974.

Defensive end at #32, 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: 16.3% · 2027 model: 11.0%

Surrounding picks · 1974 draft

#27LBDoug AllenBUF
#28LBTom MullenNYG
#29WRJohn HollandMIN
#30OGSteve CorbettNE
#31OGGordie BrowneNYJ
#33LBGreg KindleARI
#34LBSteve NelsonNE
#35OTKeith FahnhorstSF
#36TEPaul SealNO
#37RBEd ShuttlesworthIND

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 9 picks

2016Emmanuel OgbahCLE — GM Sashi Brown · Oklahoma St.
2009Evander HoodPIT — GM Kevin Colbert · Missouri
2008Phillip MerlingMIA — GM Jeff Ireland · Clemson
2006Mathias KiwanukaNYG — GM Ernie Accorsi · Boston Col.
2003Tyler BraytonLV — GM Al Davis era · Colorado
1997Nathan DavisATL — GM Harold Richardson · Indiana
1991Mike JonesARI — GM Bill Bidwill · North Carolina St.
1982Booker ReeseTB — GM Phil Krueger · Bethune-Cookman
1978Dee HardisonBUF · North Carolina

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