TE · pick 100 — first ever tight end at #100 (1985)

TE·pick 100

FIRST TE EVER DRAFTED AT #100

Mark Bavaro

Drafted by NYG — GM George Young · Notre Dame

1985

TEs drafted at #100 in NFL history

most recent: Jonnu Smith (TEN, 2017)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1984, the model gave a tight end at #100 a 7.1% chance in 1985.

Tight end at #100, 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: 11.4% · 2027 model: 8.2%

Surrounding picks · 1985 draft

#96STRalf MojsiejenkoLAC — GM Steve Ortmayer
#97CBAnthony TuggleCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#97SAnthony TuggleCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#98WRWalter StanleyGB — GM Forrest Gregg
#99OGBob OldermanKC — GM Jim Schaaf
#101CDan TurkPIT — GM Dick Haley
#102OGTom TothNE — GM Patrick Sullivan
#103RBRobert LavetteDAL — GM Tex Schramm
#104RBRon WolfleyARI — GM Bill Bidwill
#105STKevin ButlerCHI — GM Jerry Vainisi

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 2 picks

2017Jonnu SmithTEN — GM Jon Robinson · Florida International
2009Travis BeckumNYG — GM Jerry Reese · Wisconsin

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