TE · pick 223 — first ever tight end at #223 (2002)

TE·pick 223

FIRST TE EVER DRAFTED AT #223

Mike Banks

Drafted by ARI — GM Bob Ferguson · Iowa St.

2002

TEs drafted at #223 in NFL history

most recent: Trent Smith (BAL, 2003)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 2001, the model gave a tight end at #223 a 7.9% chance in 2002.

Tight end at #223, 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: 18.3% · 2027 model: 6.6%

Surrounding picks · 2002 draft

#218OTChad BeasleyMIN — GM Mike Tice / Brzezinski
#219DEJoey EvansCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#220DEJosh MallardIND — GM Bill Polian
#221LBMaurice RodriguezKC — GM Carl Peterson
#222WRKendall NewsonJAX — GM Tom Coughlin
#224DEDerrius MonroeNO — GM Mickey Loomis
#225WRDarrell HillTEN — GM Floyd Reese
#226WRDaryl JonesNYG — GM Ernie Accorsi
#227OTJoaquin GonzalezCLE — GM Butch Davis
#228SChris YoungDEN — GM Mike Shanahan

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 1 pick

2003Trent SmithBAL — GM Ozzie Newsome · Oklahoma

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