DE · pick 56, First DE at #56 in the Common Draft since 1967, rounds 1-7, DE grouping. (1980)

DE·pick 56

FIRST DE IN OUR WINDOW AT #56

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Drafted by PIT , GM Dick Haley · Oklahoma

1980 · round 2

Common Draft since 1967, rounds 1-7, DE grouping.

DEs drafted at #56 in NFL history

most recent: Sam Williams (DAL, 2022)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1979, the model gave a defensive end at #56 a 7.9% chance in 1980.

Defensive end at #56, 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: 10.4%

Surrounding picks · 1980 draft

#51OTTim FoleyIND , GM Dick Szymanski
#52DTDaryle SkaugstadTEN , GM Bum Phillips
#53RBPerry HarringtonPHI , GM Jim Murray
#54DECleveland CrosbyCLE , GM Art Modell/staff
#55DEMat MendenhallWAS , GM Bobby Beathard
#57CTom TurnureDET , GM Russ Thomas
#58RBJewerl ThomasLAR , GM Don Klosterman
#59DTRod HornCIN , GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#60OTJohn SinnottARI , GM Bill Bidwill
#61OGSyd KitsonGB , GM Bart Starr

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 8 picks

2022Sam WilliamsDAL , GM Jerry Jones · Mississippi
2010Mike NealGB , GM Ted Thompson · Purdue
2007Tim CrowderDEN , GM Mike Shanahan · Texas
2003Osi UmenyioraNYG , GM Ernie Accorsi · Troy
2000Michael BoireauMIN , GM Frank Gilliam · Miami (FL)
1998Dorian BooseNYJ , GM Bill Parcells · Washington St.
1994Brad OttisLAR , GM John Shaw / Jay Zygmunt · Wayne State (NE)
1985Ben ThomasNE , GM Patrick Sullivan · Auburn

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