DT · pick 144 — first ever defensive tackle at #144 (1977)

DT·pick 144

FIRST DT EVER DRAFTED AT #144

Joe Klecko

Drafted by NYJ · Temple

1977

DTs drafted at #144 in NFL history

most recent: Austin Booker (CHI, 2024)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1976, the model gave a defensive tackle at #144 a 6.3% chance in 1977.

Defensive tackle at #144, 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: 11.2%

Surrounding picks · 1977 draft

#139LBJeff BarnesLV
#140QBVince EvansCHI
#141SMike BurnsSF
#142RBTony BenjaminSEA
#143OTJordan, BobBob JordanNYG
#146DEDave LindstromLAC
#147STCliff ParsleyNO
#148CBGary WoolfordTEN
#149STim MorescoGB
#150DEBurleson, RickRick BurlesonKC

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 5 picks

2024Austin BookerCHI — GM Ryan Poles · Kansas
2017Grover StewartIND — GM Chris Ballard · Albany State (GA)
2008DeMario PressleyNO — GM Mickey Loomis · North Carolina St.
1997Andre PurvisCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · North Carolina
1984Keith GuthrieLAC — GM Steve Ortmayer · Texas A&M

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