DT · pick 137 — first ever defensive tackle at #137 (1976)

DT·pick 137

FIRST DT EVER DRAFTED AT #137

Willie Lee

Drafted by KC · Bethune-Cookman

1976

DTs drafted at #137 in NFL history

most recent: Joshua Farmer (NE, 2025)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1975, the model gave a defensive tackle at #137 a 5.9% chance in 1976.

Defensive tackle at #137, 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: 15.5% · 2027 model: 11.1%

Surrounding picks · 1976 draft

#131LBWoodrow LoweLAC
#132RBAundra ThompsonGB
#133SSteve WagnerMIN
#134LBSanders ShiverIND
#135DTGreg JohnsonPHI
#138RBWillie ShelbyCIN
#139RBLonnie PerrinDEN
#140CBTony LeonardSF
#141RBWayne MorrisARI
#142TEFred ColemanBUF

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 5 picks

2025Joshua FarmerNE — GM Eliot Wolf · Florida St.
2015Grady JarrettATL — GM Thomas Dimitroff · Clemson
2013Jesse WilliamsSEA — GM John Schneider · Alabama
2012Malik JacksonDEN — GM John Elway · Tennessee
2005Ronald FieldsSF — GM Scot McCloughan · Mississippi St.

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