DT · pick 6 — first ever defensive tackle at #6 (1968)

DT·pick 6

FIRST DT EVER DRAFTED AT #6

Dennis Byrd

Drafted by NE · North Carolina State

1968

DTs drafted at #6 in NFL history

most recent: Johnathan Sullivan (NO, 2003)

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 tackle at #6, 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: 29.0% · 2027 model: 9.0%

Surrounding picks · 1968 draft

#1OTRon YaryMIN
#2CBob JohnsonCIN
#3DEClaude HumphreyATL
#4OTRuss WashingtonLAC
#5LBFred CarrGB
#7DEKevin HardyNO
#8RBLarry CsonkaMIA
#9WRHaven MosesBUF
#10OTMike TaylorPIT
#11QBGreg LandryDET

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 5 picks

2003Johnathan SullivanNO — GM Mickey Loomis · Georgia
2002Ryan SimsKC — GM Carl Peterson · North Carolina
2000Corey SimonPHI — GM Tom Modrak · Florida St.
1991Eric SwannARI — GM Bill Bidwill · Wake Technical CC
1974Carl BarzilauskasNYJ · Indiana

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