TE · pick 41 — first ever tight end at #41 (1985)

TE·pick 41

FIRST TE EVER DRAFTED AT #41

Jonathan Hayes

Drafted by KC — GM Jim Schaaf · Iowa

1985

TEs drafted at #41 in NFL history

most recent: Bennie Joppru (HOU, 2003)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1984, the model gave a tight end at #41 a 6.4% chance in 1985.

Tight end at #41, 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: 9.8% · 2027 model: 6.0%

Surrounding picks · 1985 draft

#36DERichard ByrdTEN — GM Ladd Herzeg
#37QBRandall CunninghamPHI — GM Harry Gamble
#38OTDaren GilbertNO — GM Jim Finks
#39CBWayne DavisLAC — GM Steve Ortmayer
#40SLester LylesNYJ — GM Jim Kensil
#42WRChris BurkettBUF — GM Bill Polian
#43LBCarl ZanderCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#44LBJesse PennDAL — GM Tex Schramm
#45DEMike GannATL — GM Tom Braatz
#46WRStacy RobinsonNYG — GM George Young

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 1 pick

2003Bennie JoppruHOU — GM Charley Casserly · Michigan

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