TE · pick 169 — first ever tight end at #169 (1984)

TE·pick 169

FIRST TE EVER DRAFTED AT #169

Jay Carroll

Drafted by TB — GM Phil Krueger · Minnesota

1984

TEs drafted at #169 in NFL history

most recent: Riley Nowakowski (PIT, 2026)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1983, the model gave a tight end at #169 a 6.5% chance in 1984.

Tight end at #169, 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: 12.7% · 2027 model: 7.6%

Surrounding picks · 1984 draft

#164CBChris BrownPIT — GM Dick Haley
#165LBRowland TatumMIA — GM Don Shula
#166OGJoe LevelisDAL — GM Tex Schramm
#167OTCurt SingerWAS — GM Bobby Beathard
#168SStacey ToranLV — GM Al Davis
#170RBWillie JoynerTEN — GM Ladd Herzeg
#171WRLionel ManuelNYG — GM George Young
#172RBJoe HayesPHI — GM Jim Murray
#173CBKevin RossKC — GM Jim Schaaf
#174WRJesse BendrossLAC — GM Steve Ortmayer

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 4 picks

2026Riley NowakowskiPIT · Indiana
2004Ryan KrauseLAC — GM A.J. Smith · Nebraska-Omaha
2002Ryan HannamSEA — GM Mike Holmgren · Northern Iowa
1993Clarence WilliamsDEN — GM John Beake · Washington St.

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