LB · pick 10 — first ever linebacker at #10 (1971)

LB·pick 10

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #10

Isiah Robertson

Drafted by LAR · Southern

1971

LBs drafted at #10 in NFL history

most recent: Devin Bush Jr. (PIT, 2019)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1970, the model gave a linebacker at #10 a 11.1% chance in 1971.

Linebacker at #10, 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: 21.7% · 2027 model: 7.4%

Surrounding picks · 1971 draft

#5DERichard HarrisPHI
#6RBJohn RigginsNYJ
#7RBJoe ProfitATL
#8WRFrank LewisPIT
#9RBJohn BrockingtonGB
#11RBJoe MooreCHI
#12OTMarv MontgomeryDEN
#13RBLeon BurnsLAC
#14CBClarence ScottCLE
#15OTVernon HollandCIN

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 6 picks

2019Devin Bush Jr.PIT — GM Kevin Colbert · Michigan
2008Jerod MayoNE — GM Bill Belichick · Tennessee
2003Terrell SuggsBAL — GM Ozzie Newsome · Arizona St.
1994Jamir MillerARI — GM Larry Wilson · UCLA
1989Eric HillARI — GM Bill Bidwill · LSU
1972Jeff SiemonMIN · Stanford

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