TE · pick 226 — first ever tight end at #226 (1997)

TE·pick 226

FIRST TE EVER DRAFTED AT #226

Pat Fitzgerald

Drafted by BUF — GM John Butler · Texas

1997

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1996, the model gave a tight end at #226 a 8.4% chance in 1997.

Tight end at #226, 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: 18.8% · 2027 model: 6.6%

Surrounding picks · 1997 draft

#221LBJon HesseJAX — GM Tom Coughlin
#222SChris BayneATL — GM Harold Richardson
#223WRMike AdamsPIT — GM Tom Donahoe
#224SOmar StoutmireDAL — GM Jerry Jones
#225SByron CapersPHI — GM Tom Modrak
#227CBDeAuntae BrownPHI — GM Tom Modrak
#228TEKris MangumCAR — GM Bill Polian
#229DTJason FergusonNYJ — GM Bill Parcells
#230OGScott RehbergNE — GM Bobby Grier
#231RBJerald SowellGB — GM Ron Wolf

Drafted at this same coordinate later

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

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