DE · pick 37 — first ever defensive end at #37 (1970)

DE·pick 37

FIRST DE EVER DRAFTED AT #37

Alden Roche

Drafted by DEN · Southern

1970

DEs drafted at #37 in NFL history

most recent: Derick Hall (SEA, 2023)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1969, the model gave a defensive end at #37 a 7.1% chance in 1970.

Defensive end at #37, 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: 16.7% · 2027 model: 11.6%

Surrounding picks · 1970 draft

#32DTRon CarpenterCIN
#33DTJim CorrigallARI
#34CBRay JonesPHI
#35WRDonnie WilliamsLAR
#36DEJoe JonesCLE
#38OGChuck HutchisonARI
#39RBArt MaloneATL
#40RBBill DusenberyTEN
#41SAl MatthewsGB
#42DTTom WilliamsLAC

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 4 picks

2023Derick HallSEA — GM John Schneider · Auburn
2011Jabaal SheardCLE — GM Tom Heckert · Pittsburgh
1996Kavika PittmanDAL — GM Jerry Jones · McNeese St.
1983Leonard MarshallNYG — GM George Young · LSU

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