TE · pick 218 — first ever tight end at #218 (1999)

TE·pick 218

FIRST TE EVER DRAFTED AT #218

Billy Miller

Drafted by DEN — GM Mike Shanahan · USC

1999

TEs drafted at #218 in NFL history

most recent: Ko Kieft (TB, 2022)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1998, the model gave a tight end at #218 a 7.5% chance in 1999.

Tight end at #218, 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: 17.7% · 2027 model: 6.7%

Surrounding picks · 1999 draft

#213WRDonald DriverGB — GM Ron Wolf
#214DTAntonio DinglePIT — GM Tom Donahoe
#215DEMike PringleyDET — GM Chuck Schmidt
#216SAnthony PoindexterBAL — GM Ozzie Newsome
#217WRTim AlexanderWAS — GM Charley Casserly
#219LBChad KelsayPIT — GM Tom Donahoe
#220OGEric KingKC — GM Carl Peterson
#221WRSulecio SanfordCHI — GM Mark Hatley
#222LBPhil GloverTEN — GM Floyd Reese
#223OTRyan YoungNYJ — GM Bill Parcells

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 2 picks

2022Ko KieftTB — GM Jason Licht · Minnesota
2011Ryan TaylorGB — GM Ted Thompson · North Carolina

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