TE · pick 81 — first ever tight end at #81 (1969)

TE·pick 81

FIRST TE EVER DRAFTED AT #81

James Mitchell

Drafted by ATL · Prairie View

1969

TEs drafted at #81 in NFL history

most recent: Hunter Long (MIA, 2021)

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 #81, 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: 11.5% · 2027 model: 8.1%

Surrounding picks · 1969 draft

#76TEMorris StroudKC
#77OTDennis NelsonIND
#78RBRich JohnsonTEN
#79OTMike RicheyBUF
#80OGBob KuechenbergPHI
#82RBBob CampbellPIT
#83RBClem TurnerCIN
#84LBMike SchnitkerDEN
#85SDennis HaleNO
#86LBJim SniadeckiSF

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 6 picks

2021Hunter LongMIA — GM Chris Grier · Boston Col.
2016Austin HooperATL — GM Thomas Dimitroff · Stanford
2004Chris CooleyWAS — GM Vinny Cerrato · Utah St.
1996Brian RocheLAC — GM Bobby Beathard · San Jose St.
1992Thomas McLemoreDET — GM Chuck Schmidt · Southern
1984Fred CornwellDAL — GM Tex Schramm · USC

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