TE · pick 40 — first ever tight end at #40 (1989)

TE·pick 40

FIRST TE EVER DRAFTED AT #40

Walter Reeves

Drafted by ARI — GM Bill Bidwill · Auburn

1989

TEs drafted at #40 in NFL history

most recent: Ben Troupe (TEN, 2004)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1988, the model gave a tight end at #40 a 4.3% chance in 1989.

Tight end at #40, 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: 5.9%

Surrounding picks · 1989 draft

#35RBEric BallCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#36LBJohn RoperCHI — GM Bill Tobin
#37CCourtney HallLAC — GM Steve Ortmayer
#38OTRalph NorwoodATL — GM Ken Herock
#39RBDaryl JohnstonDAL — GM Jerry Jones
#41OGDoug WidellDEN — GM John Beake
#42DTDennis ByrdNYJ — GM Dick Steinberg
#43CBEric ColemanNE — GM Patrick Sullivan
#44CJoe TofflemireSEA — GM Tom Flores/Behring
#45LBFrank StamsLAR — GM John Shaw

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 2 picks

2004Ben TroupeTEN — GM Floyd Reese · Florida
1998Cam CleelandNO — GM Mike Ditka · Washington

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