DE · pick 43 — first ever defensive end at #43 (1967)

DE·pick 43

FIRST DE EVER DRAFTED AT #43

Bob Rowe

Drafted by ARI · Western Michigan

1967 · earliest year in the data window

DEs drafted at #43 in NFL history

most recent: Everette Brown (CAR, 2009)

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 #43, 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: 16.8% · 2027 model: 11.8%

Surrounding picks · 1967 draft

#38DTSpain MusgroveWAS
#39OTTom HolzerSF
#40LBRon McCallLAC
#41WRDave DunawayGB
#42TEJim LeMoineBUF
#44OGJohn BrooksPHI
#45SRick VolkIND
#46RBLarry ConjarCLE
#47LBJim LynchKC
#48CBBob HowardLAC

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 4 picks

2009Everette BrownCAR — GM Marty Hurney · Florida St.
2002Eddie FreemanKC — GM Carl Peterson · Ala-Birmingham
1990Kenny DavidsonPIT — GM Dick Haley · LSU
1975Smith, CharlesCharles SmithDEN · North Carolina Central

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