DE · pick 75 — first ever defensive end at #75 (1980)

DE·pick 75

FIRST DE EVER DRAFTED AT #75

Bill Barnett

Drafted by MIA — GM Don Shula · Nebraska

1980

DEs drafted at #75 in NFL history

most recent: Zach Harrison (ATL, 2023)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1979, the model gave a defensive end at #75 a 7.6% chance in 1980.

Defensive end at #75, 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: 13.9% · 2027 model: 10.0%

Surrounding picks · 1980 draft

#69LBLance MehlNYJ — GM Jim Kensil
#70CBLeRoy IrvinLAR — GM Don Klosterman
#71OGJohn SchmedingBUF — GM Stew Barber
#72LBCliff OdomCLE — GM Art Modell/staff
#73DTSteve McMichaelNE — GM Bucko Kilroy
#76LBScot BrantleyTB — GM Phil Krueger
#77LBCraig PukiSF — GM John McVay
#78LBBill RoeDAL — GM Tex Schramm
#79WRTim SmithTEN — GM Bum Phillips
#80RBJames JonesDAL — GM Tex Schramm

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 3 picks

2023Zach HarrisonATL — GM Terry Fontenot · Ohio St.
2016Shilique CalhounLV — GM Reggie McKenzie · Michigan St.
1999Gary StillsKC — GM Carl Peterson · West Virginia

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