TE · pick 12 — first ever tight end at #12 (1983)

TE·pick 12

FIRST TE EVER DRAFTED AT #12

Tony Hunter

Drafted by BUF — GM Stew Barber · Notre Dame

1983

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1982, the model gave a tight end at #12 a 5.5% chance in 1983.

Tight end at #12, 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: 11.3% · 2027 model: 3.3%

Surrounding picks · 1983 draft

#7QBTodd BlackledgeKC — GM Jim Schaaf
#8RBMichael HaddixPHI — GM Jim Murray
#9OGBruce MatthewsTEN — GM Ladd Herzeg
#10STerry KinardNYG — GM George Young
#11CBTim LewisGB — GM Bart Starr
#13RBJames JonesDET — GM Russ Thomas
#14QBJim KellyBUF — GM Stew Barber
#15QBTony EasonNE — GM Patrick Sullivan
#16DTMike PittsATL — GM Tom Braatz
#17SLeonard SmithARI — GM Bill Bidwill

Drafted at this same coordinate later

Nobody else has been drafted as this position at this pick number.

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