TE · pick 143 — first ever tight end at #143 (2015)

TE·pick 143

FIRST TE EVER DRAFTED AT #143

MyCole Pruitt

Drafted by MIN — GM Rick Spielman · Southern Illinois

2015

TEs drafted at #143 in NFL history

most recent: Chig Okonkwo (TEN, 2022)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 2014, the model gave a tight end at #143 a 5.4% chance in 2015.

Tight end at #143, 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: 10.8% · 2027 model: 7.9%

Surrounding picks · 2015 draft

#138RBDavid CobbTEN — GM Ruston Webster
#139WRRashad GreeneJAX — GM David Caldwell
#140LBBen HeeneyLV — GM Reggie McKenzie
#141LBMartrell SpaightWAS — GM Bruce Allen
#142SAdrian AmosCHI — GM Ryan Pace
#144SMykkele ThompsonNYG — GM Jerry Reese
#145CBBobby McCainMIA — GM Dennis Hickey
#146WRStefon DiggsMIN — GM Rick Spielman
#147QBBrett HundleyGB — GM Ted Thompson
#148LBDavis TullNO — GM Mickey Loomis

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 1 pick

2022Chig OkonkwoTEN — GM Jon Robinson · Maryland

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