TE · pick 120 — first ever tight end at #120 (1981)

TE·pick 120

FIRST TE EVER DRAFTED AT #120

Benjie Pryor

Drafted by CIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · Pittsburgh

1981

TEs drafted at #120 in NFL history

most recent: Gunnar Helm (TEN, 2025)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1980, the model gave a tight end at #120 a 5.2% chance in 1981.

Tight end at #120, 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: 11.1% · 2027 model: 8.1%

Surrounding picks · 1981 draft

#115DTBill NeillNYG — GM George Young
#116LBJohn GillenARI — GM Bill Bidwill
#117DEByron BraggsGB — GM Bart Starr
#118CBJames DavisLV — GM Al Davis
#119DEDexter ManleyWAS — GM Bobby Beathard
#121CBLynn ThomasSF — GM John McVay
#122RBArrington JonesSF — GM John McVay
#123DEWendell RayMIN — GM Mike Lynn
#124CTodd ThomasKC — GM Jim Schaaf
#125OTKen LanierDEN — GM Edgar Kaiser/staff

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 2 picks

2025Gunnar HelmTEN — GM Mike Borgonzi · Texas
2018Will DisslySEA — GM John Schneider · Washington

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