TE · pick 39 — first ever tight end at #39 (1984)

TE·pick 39

FIRST TE EVER DRAFTED AT #39

Glenn Dennison

Drafted by NYJ — GM Jim Kensil · Miami (FL)

1984

TEs drafted at #39 in NFL history

most recent: Marco Battaglia (CIN, 1996)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1983, the model gave a tight end at #39 a 6.2% chance in 1984.

Tight end at #39, 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: 9.9% · 2027 model: 5.8%

Surrounding picks · 1984 draft

#34LBScott RadecicKC — GM Jim Schaaf
#35DEBlaise WinterIND — GM Jim Irsay/staff
#36LBThomas BensonATL — GM Tom Braatz
#37CJim SweeneyNYJ — GM Jim Kensil
#38QBBoomer EsiasonCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#40CBVictor ScottDAL — GM Tex Schramm
#41WREric RichardsonBUF — GM Stew Barber
#42DEJumpy GeathersNO — GM Ken Meyer/staff
#43LBEd WilliamsNE — GM Patrick Sullivan
#44LBRon RiveraCHI — GM Jerry Vainisi

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 3 picks

1996Marco BattagliaCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · Rutgers
1995Christian FauriaSEA — GM Mike Allman · Colorado
1993Troy DraytonLAR — GM John Shaw · Penn St.

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