TE · pick 82 — first ever tight end at #82 (1981)

TE·pick 82

FIRST TE EVER DRAFTED AT #82

Greg LaFleur

Drafted by PHI — GM Jim Murray · LSU

1981

TEs drafted at #82 in NFL history

most recent: Tip Reiman (ARI, 2024)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1980, the model gave a tight end at #82 a 5.4% chance in 1981.

Tight end at #82, 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: 8.2%

Surrounding picks · 1981 draft

#77CBIrvin PhillipsLAC — GM Steve Ortmayer
#78SLloyd BurrussKC — GM Jim Schaaf
#79WRMike HolstonTEN — GM Ladd Herzeg
#80SScott WoernerATL — GM Eddie LeBaron
#81OGGlen TitensorDAL — GM Tex Schramm
#83DTRobert GeathersBUF — GM Stew Barber
#84WRSam GreeneMIA — GM Don Shula
#85RBCliff ChatmanNYG — GM George Young
#86LBAl WashingtonNYJ — GM Jim Kensil
#87WRScott PhillipsSEA — GM John Thompson

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 3 picks

2024Tip ReimanARI — GM Monti Ossenfort · Illinois
1996Scott SlutzkerIND — GM Bill Tobin · Iowa
1982Rodney HolmanCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · Tulane

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