TE · pick 183 — first ever tight end at #183 (1988)

TE·pick 183

FIRST TE EVER DRAFTED AT #183

Brad Beckman

Drafted by MIN — GM Mike Lynn · Nebraska-Omaha

1988

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1987, the model gave a tight end at #183 a 8.4% chance in 1988.

Tight end at #183, 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: 14.0% · 2027 model: 7.3%

Surrounding picks · 1988 draft

#178OTOwen HoovenDAL — GM Tex Schramm
#179WRErnie JonesARI — GM Bill Bidwill
#180QBKerwin BellMIA — GM Don Shula
#181WRDarryl UsherNE — GM Patrick Sullivan
#182WRMarc ZenoPIT — GM Dick Haley
#184RBBo WrightBUF — GM Bill Polian
#185SRay JacksonSEA — GM Mike McCormack
#186TEDanta WhitakerNYG — GM George Young
#187STracey EatonTEN — GM Ladd Herzeg
#188SThane GashCLE — GM Ernie Accorsi

Drafted at this same coordinate later

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

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