TE · pick 129 — first ever tight end at #129 (1968)

TE·pick 129

FIRST TE EVER DRAFTED AT #129

Bill Perry

Drafted by LAC · Kent State

1968

TEs drafted at #129 in NFL history

most recent: Jake Ferguson (DAL, 2022)

How rare was this draftigami?

No rarity score — the model compares each pick to its predictions for earlier seasons, and drafts from 1967–1969 sit before that runway is long enough.

Tight end at #129, 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: 11.0% · 2027 model: 8.0%

Surrounding picks · 1968 draft

#124OTMark NordquistPHI
#125RBDwight LeeSF
#126LBPaul ElzeyIND
#127WRCecil TurnerCHI
#128LBLee JacobsenNYJ
#130OTBlaine NyeDAL
#131OTMike WempeCLE
#132RBMax AndersonBUF
#133WRBob LongoTEN
#134RBJackie JacksonCLE

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 4 picks

2022Jake FergusonDAL — GM Jerry Jones · Wisconsin
2011Julius ThomasDEN — GM John Elway · Portland St.
2007Scott ChandlerLAC — GM A.J. Smith · Iowa
2001Brandon ManumaleunaLAR — GM Charley Armey · Arizona

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