TE · pick 83 — first ever tight end at #83 (1980)

TE·pick 83

FIRST TE EVER DRAFTED AT #83

Ray Sydnor

Drafted by PIT — GM Dick Haley · Wisconsin

1980

TEs drafted at #83 in NFL history

most recent: Tommy Tremble (CAR, 2021)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1979, the model gave a tight end at #83 a 5.8% chance in 1980.

Tight end at #83, 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 · 1980 draft

#78LBBill RoeDAL — GM Tex Schramm
#79WRTim SmithTEN — GM Bum Phillips
#80RBJames JonesDAL — GM Tex Schramm
#81LBCharles BakerARI — GM Bill Bidwill
#82DTPhil MurphyLAR — GM Don Klosterman
#84SRicky ChurchmanSF — GM John McVay
#85QBEric HippleDET — GM Russ Thomas
#86OGWilliam GlassCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#87WRFred NixonGB — GM Bart Starr
#88WRRay ButlerIND — GM Dick Szymanski

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 1 pick

2021Tommy TrembleCAR — GM Scott Fitterer · Notre Dame

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