TE · pick 228 — first ever tight end at #228 (1997)

TE·pick 228

FIRST TE EVER DRAFTED AT #228

Kris Mangum

Drafted by CAR — GM Bill Polian · Mississippi

1997

TEs drafted at #228 in NFL history

most recent: Tommy Sweeney (BUF, 2019)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1996, the model gave a tight end at #228 a 8.5% chance in 1997.

Tight end at #228, 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: 19.1% · 2027 model: 6.5%

Surrounding picks · 1997 draft

#223WRMike AdamsPIT — GM Tom Donahoe
#224SOmar StoutmireDAL — GM Jerry Jones
#225SByron CapersPHI — GM Tom Modrak
#226TEPat FitzgeraldBUF — GM John Butler
#227CBDeAuntae BrownPHI — GM Tom Modrak
#229DTJason FergusonNYJ — GM Bill Parcells
#230OGScott RehbergNE — GM Bobby Grier
#231RBJerald SowellGB — GM Ron Wolf
#232WRMarcus HarrisDET — GM Chuck Schmidt
#233DEMarvin ThomasCHI — GM Mark Hatley

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 1 pick

2019Tommy SweeneyBUF — GM Brandon Beane · Boston Col.

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