TE · pick 230 — first ever tight end at #230 (1999)

TE·pick 230

FIRST TE EVER DRAFTED AT #230

Sheldon Jackson

Drafted by BUF — GM John Butler · Nebraska

1999

TEs drafted at #230 in NFL history

most recent: Rob Blanchflower (PIT, 2014)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1998, the model gave a tight end at #230 a 7.8% chance in 1999.

Tight end at #230, 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: 19.4% · 2027 model: 6.5%

Surrounding picks · 1999 draft

#225DTRyan HaleNYG — GM Ernie Accorsi
#226OGRobert HuntTB — GM Rich McKay
#227QBMichael BishopNE — GM Bobby Grier
#228STKris BrownPIT — GM Tom Donahoe
#229TEMike LuckyDAL — GM Jerry Jones
#231LBO.J. ChildressNYG — GM Ernie Accorsi
#232DTJermaine HaleyMIA — GM Jimmy Johnson
#233RBAutry DensonTB — GM Rich McKay
#234LBKory MinorSF — GM Bill Walsh
#235LBJ.J. SyvrudNYJ — GM Bill Parcells

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 2 picks

2014Rob BlanchflowerPIT — GM Kevin Colbert · Massachusetts
2000Brian JenningsSF — GM Bill Walsh · Arizona St.

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