TE · pick 101 — first ever tight end at #101 (1989)

TE·pick 101

FIRST TE EVER DRAFTED AT #101

Travis McNeal

Drafted by SEA — GM Tom Flores/Behring · Chattanooga

1989

TEs drafted at #101 in NFL history

most recent: Ja'Tavion Sanders (CAR, 2024)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1988, the model gave a tight end at #101 a 6.3% chance in 1989.

Tight end at #101, 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 · 1989 draft

#96CBMaurice HurstNE — GM Patrick Sullivan
#97DEJake McCulloughDEN — GM John Beake
#98DERon StallworthNYJ — GM Dick Steinberg
#99OGPat TomberlinIND — GM Jim Irsay/staff
#100WRMichael TimpsonNE — GM Patrick Sullivan
#102QBJeff CarlsonLAR — GM John Shaw
#103CBJames HenrySEA — GM Tom Flores/Behring
#104WRRod HarrisTEN — GM Ladd Herzeg
#105DEBrad HenkeNYG — GM George Young
#106CBMichael MayesNO — GM Jim Finks

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 6 picks

2024Ja'Tavion SandersCAR — GM Dan Morgan · Texas
2023Cameron LatuSF — GM John Lynch · Alabama
2022Jeremy RuckertNYJ — GM Joe Douglas · Ohio St.
2020Dalton KeeneNE — GM Bill Belichick · Virginia Tech
2018Ian ThomasCAR — GM Marty Hurney · Indiana
1995Michael RoanTEN — GM Floyd Reese · Wisconsin

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