DE · pick 85 — first ever defensive end at #85 (1967)

DE·pick 85

FIRST DE EVER DRAFTED AT #85

Carl Cunningham

Drafted by DEN · Houston

1967 · earliest year in the data window

DEs drafted at #85 in NFL history

most recent: Jaylon Ferguson (BAL, 2019)

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 #85, 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: 13.0% · 2027 model: 9.4%

Surrounding picks · 1967 draft

#80RBBen HartNO
#81STRon WidbyNO
#82DTLouis ThompsonNYG
#83RBCarl WardCLE
#84OTBob GreenleeMIA
#86OTCarel StithTEN
#87CBAlvin ColemanMIN
#88DELew KamanuDET
#89LBRay MayPIT
#90CBAl DoddCHI

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 7 picks

2019Jaylon FergusonBAL — GM Eric DeCosta · Louisiana Tech
1989Tony TolbertDAL — GM Jerry Jones · Texas-El Paso
1986Mike WiseLV — GM Al Davis · UC Davis
1984Mark StudawayTEN — GM Ladd Herzeg · Tennessee
1982George CrumpNE — GM Bucko Kilroy · East Carolina
1975Cleveland ElamSF · Tennessee State
1972Mike CrangleNO · UT Martin

→ see this cell on the full chart