TE · pick 47 — first ever tight end at #47 (1969)

TE·pick 47

FIRST TE EVER DRAFTED AT #47

Jim Yarbrough

Drafted by DET · Florida

1969

TEs drafted at #47 in NFL history

most recent: Gavin Escobar (DAL, 2013)

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 #47, 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: 6.6%

Surrounding picks · 1969 draft

#41QBBobby DouglassCHI
#42RBWarren BankstonPIT
#43WRVolly MurphyMIN
#44RBRon SayersLAC
#45DERichard NealNO
#48RBEd PodolakKC
#49WRRichmond FlowersDAL
#50OGGeorge BuehlerLV
#51CBTommy MaxwellIND
#52QBAl WoodallNYJ

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 3 picks

2013Gavin EscobarDAL — GM Jerry Jones · San Diego St.
2011Lance KendricksLAR — GM Billy Devaney · Wisconsin
1982Lawrence SampletonPHI — GM Jim Murray · Texas

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