TE · pick 54 — first ever tight end at #54 (1990)

TE·pick 54

FIRST TE EVER DRAFTED AT #54

Mike Jones

Drafted by MIN — GM Mike Lynn · Texas A&M

1990

TEs drafted at #54 in NFL history

most recent: Eli Stowers (PHI, 2026)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1989, the model gave a tight end at #54 a 4.9% chance in 1990.

Tight end at #54, 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: 10.6% · 2027 model: 7.2%

Surrounding picks · 1990 draft

#49SPat TerrellLAR — GM John Shaw
#50WRMike BellamyPHI — GM Harry Gamble
#51DEMike FoxNYG — GM George Young
#52SAlton MontgomeryDEN — GM John Beake
#53SEric DavisSF — GM John McVay
#55DEOliver BarnettATL — GM Ken Herock
#56CBTony StargellNYJ — GM Dick Steinberg
#57LBJeff MillsLAC — GM Bobby Beathard
#58WRRicky ProehlARI — GM Bill Bidwill
#59QBTom HodsonNE — GM Sam Jankovich

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 3 picks

2026Eli StowersPHI · Vanderbilt
1998Rod RutledgeNE — GM Bobby Grier · Alabama
1996Jason DunnPHI — GM Tom Modrak · Eastern Kentucky

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