LB · pick 106 — first ever linebacker at #106 (1993)

LB·pick 106

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #106

Ashley Sheppard

Drafted by MIN — GM Roger Headrick · Clemson

1993

LBs drafted at #106 in NFL history

most recent: Cedric Gray (TEN, 2024)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1992, the model gave a linebacker at #106 a 12.5% chance in 1993.

Linebacker at #106, 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: 20.5% · 2027 model: 10.4%

Surrounding picks · 1993 draft

#101DESterling PalmerWAS — GM Charley Casserly
#102WRTravis HannahTEN — GM Mike Holovak
#103LBJaime FieldsKC — GM Carl Peterson
#104WRHorace CopelandTB — GM Phil Krueger
#105SRonnie BradfordMIA — GM Don Shula
#107LBDevon McDonaldIND — GM Jim Irsay/staff
#108DEKevin HenryPIT — GM Tom Donahoe
#109RBDerek BrownNO — GM Jim Finks
#110SCorwin BrownNE — GM Sam Jankovich
#111WRRussell CopelandBUF — GM John Butler

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 5 picks

2024Cedric GrayTEN — GM Ran Carthon · North Carolina
2018Josey JewellDEN — GM John Elway · Iowa
2002David ThorntonIND — GM Bill Polian · North Carolina
2000Antonio WilsonMIN — GM Frank Gilliam · Texas A&M-Commerce
1999Warrick HoldmanCHI — GM Mark Hatley · Texas A&M

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