TE · pick 147 — first ever tight end at #147 (1997)

TE·pick 147

FIRST TE EVER DRAFTED AT #147

Damon Jones

Drafted by JAX — GM Tom Coughlin · Southern Illinois

1997

TEs drafted at #147 in NFL history

most recent: Josh Whyle (TEN, 2023)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1996, the model gave a tight end at #147 a 7.1% chance in 1997.

Tight end at #147, 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: 10.9% · 2027 model: 7.8%

Surrounding picks · 1997 draft

#142SEric StokesSEA — GM Mike Allman
#143CBGeorge McCulloughTEN — GM Floyd Reese
#144DTAndre PurvisCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#145SRaymond AustinNYJ — GM Bill Parcells
#146CBPaul BradfordLAC — GM Bobby Beathard
#148LBTwan RussellWAS — GM Charley Casserly
#149DTBarron TannerMIA — GM Jimmy Johnson
#150WRNate JacquetIND — GM Bill Tobin
#151DTTony WilliamsMIN — GM Frank Gilliam
#152DEN.D. KaluPHI — GM Tom Modrak

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 3 picks

2023Josh WhyleTEN — GM Ran Carthon · Cincinnati
2021Brevin JordanHOU — GM Nick Caserio · Miami (FL)
2001Tony StewartPHI — GM Andy Reid · Penn St.

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