DE · pick 56 — first ever defensive end at #56 (1980)

DE·pick 56

FIRST DE EVER DRAFTED AT #56

John Goodman

Drafted by PIT — GM Dick Haley · Oklahoma

1980

DEs drafted at #56 in NFL history

most recent: Sam Williams (DAL, 2022)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1979, the model gave a defensive end at #56 a 8.5% chance in 1980.

Defensive end at #56, 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: 15.9% · 2027 model: 11.3%

Surrounding picks · 1980 draft

#51OTTim FoleyIND — GM Dick Szymanski
#52DTDaryle SkaugstadTEN — GM Bum Phillips
#53RBPerry HarringtonPHI — GM Jim Murray
#54DECleveland CrosbyCLE — GM Art Modell/staff
#55DEMat MendenhallWAS — GM Bobby Beathard
#57CTom TurnureDET — GM Russ Thomas
#58RBJewerl ThomasLAR — GM Don Klosterman
#59DTRod HornCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#60OTJohn SinnottARI — GM Bill Bidwill
#61OGSyd KitsonGB — GM Bart Starr

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 8 picks

2022Sam WilliamsDAL — GM Jerry Jones · Mississippi
2010Mike NealGB — GM Ted Thompson · Purdue
2007Tim CrowderDEN — GM Mike Shanahan · Texas
2003Osi UmenyioraNYG — GM Ernie Accorsi · Troy
2000Michael BoireauMIN — GM Frank Gilliam · Miami (FL)
1998Dorian BooseNYJ — GM Bill Parcells · Washington St.
1994Brad OttisLAR — GM John Shaw / Jay Zygmunt · Wayne State (NE)
1985Ben ThomasNE — GM Patrick Sullivan · Auburn

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