TE · pick 44 — first ever tight end at #44 (1999)

TE·pick 44

FIRST TE EVER DRAFTED AT #44

Jim Kleinsasser

Drafted by MIN — GM Frank Gilliam · North Dakota

1999

TEs drafted at #44 in NFL history

most recent: Gerald Everett (LAR, 2017)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1998, the model gave a tight end at #44 a 5.9% chance in 1999.

Tight end at #44, 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: 9.7% · 2027 model: 6.3%

Surrounding picks · 1999 draft

#39RBJ.J. JohnsonMIA — GM Jimmy Johnson
#40DETony BryantLV — GM Al Davis era
#41CBDre' BlyLAR — GM John Shaw / Jay Zygmunt
#42TEReggie KellyATL — GM Harold Richardson
#43RBRob KonradMIA — GM Jimmy Johnson
#45LBRahim AbdullahCLE — GM Dwight Clark
#46RBKevin FaulkNE — GM Bobby Grier
#47CBFred VinsonGB — GM Ron Wolf
#48DTRussell DavisCHI — GM Mark Hatley
#49RBJoe MontgomeryNYG — GM Ernie Accorsi

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 1 pick

2017Gerald EverettLAR — GM Les Snead · South Alabama

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