TE · pick 5 — first ever tight end at #5 (1972)

TE·pick 5

FIRST TE EVER DRAFTED AT #5

Riley Odoms

Drafted by DEN · Houston

1972

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1971, the model gave a tight end at #5 a 2.6% chance in 1972.

Tight end at #5, 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: 12.4% · 2027 model: 2.2%

Surrounding picks · 1972 draft

#1DEWalt PatulskiBUF
#2DESherman WhiteCIN
#3OTLionel AntoineCHI
#4WRBobby MooreARI
#6DEGreg SampsonTEN
#7CBWillie BuchanonGB
#8OGRoyce SmithNO
#9WRJerome BarkumNYJ
#10LBJeff SiemonMIN

Drafted at this same coordinate later

Nobody else has been drafted as this position at this pick number.

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