DT · pick 99 — first ever defensive tackle at #99 (1980)

DT·pick 99

FIRST DT EVER DRAFTED AT #99

Ron Crews

Drafted by CLE — GM Art Modell/staff · UNLV

1980

DTs drafted at #99 in NFL history

most recent: Keith Hamilton (NYG, 1992)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1979, the model gave a defensive tackle at #99 a 7.6% chance in 1980.

Defensive tackle at #99, 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: 15.8% · 2027 model: 11.0%

Surrounding picks · 1980 draft

#94LBDave KlugKC — GM Jim Schaaf
#95CBJesse JohnsonNYJ — GM Jim Kensil
#96SMike JollyNO — GM Ken Meyer/staff
#97DETerry DionSEA — GM John Thompson
#98LBDavid HodgeSF — GM John McVay
#100WRElmer BaileyMIA — GM Don Shula
#101QBEd LutherLAC — GM Steve Ortmayer
#102SLarry FlowersTB — GM Phil Krueger
#103OGArland ThompsonCHI — GM Jim Finks
#104RBI.M. HippATL — GM Eddie LeBaron

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 1 pick

1992Keith HamiltonNYG — GM George Young · Pittsburgh

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