DE · pick 7 — first ever defensive end at #7 (1968)

DE·pick 7

FIRST DE EVER DRAFTED AT #7

Kevin Hardy

Drafted by NO · Notre Dame

1968

DEs drafted at #7 in NFL history

most recent: DeForest Buckner (SF, 2016)

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 #7, 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: 25.2% · 2027 model: 7.3%

Surrounding picks · 1968 draft

#2CBob JohnsonCIN
#3DEClaude HumphreyATL
#4OTRuss WashingtonLAC
#5LBFred CarrGB
#6DTDennis ByrdNE
#8RBLarry CsonkaMIA
#9WRHaven MosesBUF
#10OTMike TaylorPIT
#11QBGreg LandryDET
#12SJim SmithWAS

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 6 picks

2016DeForest BucknerSF — GM Trent Baalke · Oregon
2011Aldon SmithSF — GM Trent Baalke · Missouri
2001Andre CarterSF — GM Bill Walsh · California
1995Mike MamulaPHI — GM Tom Modrak · Boston Col.
1987Reggie RogersDET — GM Russ Thomas · Washington
1977Joe CampbellNO · Maryland

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