TE · pick 248 — first ever tight end at #248 (2005)

TE·pick 248

FIRST TE EVER DRAFTED AT #248

Patrick Estes

Drafted by SF — GM Scot McCloughan · Virginia

2005

TEs drafted at #248 in NFL history

most recent: Carsen Ryan (CLE, 2026)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 2004, the model gave a tight end at #248 a 7.7% chance in 2005.

Tight end at #248, 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: 23.0% · 2027 model: 6.0%

Surrounding picks · 2005 draft

#243RBAnthony DavisIND — GM Bill Polian
#244RBNoah HerronPIT — GM Kevin Colbert
#245SKurt CampbellGB — GM Ted Thompson
#246OGWill WhittickerGB — GM Ted Thompson
#247DTKeyonta MarshallPHI — GM Andy Reid
#249TEBilly BajemaSF — GM Scot McCloughan
#250QBRyan FitzpatrickLAR — GM Charley Armey
#251RBMadison HedgecockLAR — GM Charley Armey
#252LBDavid BergeronPHI — GM Andy Reid
#253WRJ.R. RussellTB — GM Bruce Allen

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 3 picks

2026Carsen RyanCLE · BYU
2025Moliki MatavaoNO — GM Mickey Loomis · UCLA
2009Cameron MorrahSEA — GM Tim Ruskell · California

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