TE · pick 36 — first ever tight end at #36 (1974)

TE·pick 36

FIRST TE EVER DRAFTED AT #36

Paul Seal

Drafted by NO · Michigan

1974

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1973, the model gave a tight end at #36 a 4.9% chance in 1974.

Tight end at #36, 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: 10.1% · 2027 model: 5.5%

Surrounding picks · 1974 draft

#31OGGordie BrowneNYJ
#32DEFred CookIND
#33LBGreg KindleARI
#34LBSteve NelsonNE
#35OTKeith FahnhorstSF
#37RBEd ShuttlesworthIND
#38TEAndre TillmanMIA
#39DTBilly HowardDET
#40OTCorbett, BillyBilly CorbettCLE
#41OTCharlie GettyKC

Drafted at this same coordinate later

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

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