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NFL DRAFTIGAMI

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TE·pick 1

WHITE SPOT — NOT YET DRAFTED

No tight end has ever been drafted at #1

1967–present, every common draft.

Editor's note

Has never happened

No team has ever spent the #1 overall pick on a tight end in 60 drafts. Pitts at #4 (Falcons, 2021) is the highest TE has gone since 1967 — Riley Odoms went #5 to Denver in 1972, and that was it for top-5 TEs for half a century. The whole top-3 of the TE column is white.

How likely is this to become a draftigami?

The model gives a 0.4% chance this becomes a draftigami in the 2027 draft.

Tight end at #1, 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.

19801990200020102020 0%7.4%

Peak: 7.4% · 2027 model: 0.2%

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