TE · pick 33 — first ever tight end at #33 (1980)

TE·pick 33

FIRST TE EVER DRAFTED AT #33

Doug Marsh

Drafted by ARI — GM Bill Bidwill · Michigan

1980

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1979, the model gave a tight end at #33 a 6.0% chance in 1980.

Tight end at #33, 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: 10.2% · 2027 model: 5.2%

Surrounding picks · 1980 draft

#28QBMark MalonePIT — GM Dick Haley
#29RBJoe CribbsBUF — GM Stew Barber
#30CBWillie TealMIN — GM Mike Lynn
#31LBKirby CriswellCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#32CRay DonaldsonIND — GM Dick Szymanski
#34CBMark LeeGB — GM Bart Starr
#35DEBob KohrsPIT — GM Dick Haley
#36LBBuddy CurryATL — GM Eddie LeBaron
#37QBGene BradleyBUF — GM Stew Barber
#38OTAngelo FieldsTEN — GM Bum Phillips

Drafted at this same coordinate later

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

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