TE · pick 82, First TE at #82 in the Common Draft since 1967, rounds 1-7, TE grouping. (1981)

TE·pick 82

FIRST TE IN OUR WINDOW AT #82

Greg LaFleur

Drafted by PHI , GM Jim Murray · LSU

1981 · round 3

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

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: 7.4% · 2027 model: 7.1%

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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