TE · pick 70 — first ever tight end at #70 (1977)

TE·pick 70

FIRST TE EVER DRAFTED AT #70

Jimmie Giles

Drafted by TEN · Alcorn State

1977

TEs drafted at #70 in NFL history

most recent: Ed Dickson (BAL, 2010)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1976, the model gave a tight end at #70 a 5.5% chance in 1977.

Tight end at #70, 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: 11.4% · 2027 model: 8.0%

Surrounding picks · 1977 draft

#65WRElmo BoydSF
#66RBTim WilsonTEN
#67LBThomas HowardKC
#68OGEd FultonLAR
#69RBRick KaneDET
#71OTWatson, MikeMike WatsonMIA
#72DETank MarshallNYJ
#73WRJohn KimbroughBUF
#74OGScribner, RickRick ScribnerGB
#75WRJim SmithPIT

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 4 picks

2010Ed DicksonBAL — GM Ozzie Newsome · Oregon
1997O.J. SantiagoATL — GM Harold Richardson · Kent St.
1995David SloanDET — GM Chuck Schmidt · New Mexico
1981Marvin HarveyKC — GM Jim Schaaf · Southern Miss

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