DE · pick 77 — first ever defensive end at #77 (1968)

DE·pick 77

FIRST DE EVER DRAFTED AT #77

Elvin Bethea

Drafted by TEN · North Carolina A&T

1968

DEs drafted at #77 in NFL history

most recent: Princely Umanmielen (CAR, 2025)

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 #77, 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: 13.7% · 2027 model: 9.9%

Surrounding picks · 1968 draft

#72OTSam WaltonNYJ
#73SDick AndersonMIA
#74TECharlie SandersDET
#75OTBob VaughnDEN
#76LBMike McGillMIN
#78WRRich O'HaraIND
#79WRKen HebertPIT
#80OTArt ShellLV
#81OTDick HimesGB
#82RBPaul RobinsonCIN

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 7 picks

2025Princely UmanmielenCAR — GM Dan Morgan · Mississippi
2019Chase WinovichNE — GM Bill Belichick · Michigan
2018Sam HubbardCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · Ohio St.
2017Daeshon HallCAR — GM Marty Hurney · Texas A&M
1987Skip McClendonCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · Arizona St.
1983Bryan CaldwellDAL — GM Tex Schramm · Arizona St.
1979Bruce RadfordDEN · Grambling State

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