TE · pick 173 — first ever tight end at #173 (1996)

TE·pick 173

FIRST TE EVER DRAFTED AT #173

Chris Griffin

Drafted by NE — GM Bill Parcells · New Mexico

1996

TEs drafted at #173 in NFL history

most recent: Josh Cuevas (BAL, 2026)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1995, the model gave a tight end at #173 a 8.0% chance in 1996.

Tight end at #173, 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: 13.1% · 2027 model: 7.5%

Surrounding picks · 1996 draft

#168DEHugh HunterNYJ — GM Steve Gutman / Pat Kirwan
#169DTMike FoleyARI — GM Bob Ferguson
#170SJohn FisherJAX — GM Tom Coughlin
#171LBDoug ColmanNYG — GM George Young
#172LBDexter DanielsBAL — GM Ozzie Newsome
#174DEKelvin KinneyWAS — GM Charley Casserly
#175RBDerrick HarrisLAR — GM John Shaw / Jay Zygmunt
#176WRDietrich JellsKC — GM Carl Peterson
#177SAnthony DorsettTEN — GM Floyd Reese
#178LBTom TumultyCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 3 picks

2026Josh CuevasBAL · Alabama
2025Jackson HawesBUF — GM Brandon Beane · Georgia Tech
2015James O'ShaughnessyKC — GM John Dorsey · Illinois St.

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