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TE·pick 55

FIRST TE EVER DRAFTED AT #55

Bill Gay

Drafted by DEN · USC

1978

How rare was this draftigami?

Common — not rare enough to clear the top 12.5% cutoff (no badge).

Trained on every tight end pick before 1978, the model gave a 7.4% chance of a tight end going at #55 that year.

Tiers are hard percentile cutoffs over every draftigami in our window: top 12.5% rarest = RARE, 5% = SUPER RARE, 1% = MEGA RARE, 0.25% = LEGENDARY.

Surrounding picks · 1978 draft

#50QBMatt CavanaughNE
#51QBGuy BenjaminMIA
#52LBMike WoodsIND
#53WRRon SmithLAR
#54DEDave BrowningLV
#56TETodd ChristensenDAL
#57RBDerrick JensenLV
#58LBGary SpaniKC
#59RBDennis JohnsonBUF
#60DTBarry BennettNO

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 5 picks

2022Trey McBrideARI — GM Steve Keim · Colorado St.
2021Pat FreiermuthPIT — GM Kevin Colbert · Penn St.
2015Maxx WilliamsBAL — GM Ozzie Newsome · Minnesota
2013Vance McDonaldSF — GM Trent Baalke · Rice
2002Doug JolleyLV — GM Al Davis era · BYU

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