DE · pick 90 — first ever defensive end at #90 (1973)

DE·pick 90

FIRST DE EVER DRAFTED AT #90

Bill Ferguson

Drafted by NYJ · San Diego State

1973

DEs drafted at #90 in NFL history

most recent: Josaiah Stewart (LAR, 2025)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1972, the model gave a defensive end at #90 a 9.2% chance in 1973.

Defensive end at #90, 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: 12.7% · 2027 model: 9.1%

Surrounding picks · 1973 draft

#85WROllie SmithIND
#86LBJim MerloNO
#87SWalker, DonDon WalkerBUF
#88LBTom JacksonDEN
#89DEJohn LohmeyerKC
#91SDick JauronDET
#92CBPerry SmithLV
#93LBAndy DorrisCLE
#94WRTom GeredineATL
#95CBEddie McMillanLAR

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 6 picks

2025Josaiah StewartLAR — GM Les Snead · Michigan
2020Jonathan GreenardHOU — GM Bill O'Brien · Florida
2012Jake BequetteNE — GM Bill Belichick · Arkansas
1998Jonathan BrownGB — GM Ron Wolf · Tennessee
1979Phil TaborNYG · Oklahoma
1975Pat DonovanDAL · Stanford

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