TE · pick 18 — first ever tight end at #18 (1974)

TE·pick 18

FIRST TE EVER DRAFTED AT #18

Reuben Gant

Drafted by BUF · Oklahoma State

1974

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1973, the model gave a tight end at #18 a 5.3% chance in 1974.

Tight end at #18, 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: 3.9%

Surrounding picks · 1974 draft

#13LBRick MiddletonNO
#14LBRandy GradisharDEN
#15LBDon GoodeLAC
#16RBWoody GreenKC
#17LBFred McNeillMIN
#19OTHenry LawrenceLV
#20DTDave GallagherCHI
#21WRLynn SwannPIT
#22RBCharley YoungDAL
#23DTBill KollarCIN

Drafted at this same coordinate later

Nobody else has been drafted as this position at this pick number.

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