TE · pick 42 — first ever tight end at #42 (1967)

TE·pick 42

FIRST TE EVER DRAFTED AT #42

Jim LeMoine

Drafted by BUF · Utah State

1967 · earliest year in the data window

TEs drafted at #42 in NFL history

most recent: Mason Taylor (NYJ, 2025)

How rare was this draftigami?

No rarity score — the model compares each pick to its predictions for earlier seasons, and drafts from 1967–1969 sit before that runway is long enough.

Tight end at #42, 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: 6.1%

Surrounding picks · 1967 draft

#37TERich SheronNYJ
#38DTSpain MusgroveWAS
#39OTTom HolzerSF
#40LBRon McCallLAC
#41WRDave DunawayGB
#43DEBob RoweARI
#44OGJohn BrooksPHI
#45SRick VolkIND
#46RBLarry ConjarCLE
#47LBJim LynchKC

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 6 picks

2025Mason TaylorNYJ — GM Darren Mougey · LSU
2023Luke MusgraveGB — GM Brian Gutekunst · Oregon St.
2018Mike GesickiMIA — GM Chris Grier · Penn St.
2010Rob GronkowskiNE — GM Bill Belichick · Arizona
1999Reggie KellyATL — GM Harold Richardson · Mississippi St.
1981Clay BrownDEN — GM Edgar Kaiser/staff · BYU

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