LB · pick 115 — first ever linebacker at #115 (1970)

LB·pick 115

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #115

Bill McKoy

Drafted by DEN · Purdue

1970

LBs drafted at #115 in NFL history

most recent: Cody Simon (ARI, 2025)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1969, the model gave a linebacker at #115 a 10.7% chance in 1970.

Linebacker at #115, 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: 20.8% · 2027 model: 10.5%

Surrounding picks · 1970 draft

#110OGRon SaulTEN
#111OTLloyd, TomTom LloydARI
#112RBBruce Van NessATL
#113OTMcArthur, GaryGary McArthurSF
#114DTManny SistrunkWAS
#116CKen MendenhallATL
#117OGBrumfield, ClaudeClaude BrumfieldNYG
#118DTDuley, EdEd DuleyTEN
#119RBFarrar, PettusPettus FarrarLAC
#120DECecil PryorGB

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 8 picks

2025Cody SimonARI — GM Monti Ossenfort · Ohio St.
2021Jabril CoxDAL — GM Jerry Jones · LSU
2019Christian MillerCAR — GM Marty Hurney · Alabama
2018Joel IyiegbuniweCHI — GM Ryan Pace · Western Kentucky
2016De'Vondre CampbellATL — GM Thomas Dimitroff · Minnesota
2010Phillip DillardNYG — GM Jerry Reese · Nebraska
1994Terry IrvingARI — GM Larry Wilson · McNeese St.
1975John McCrumblyBUF · Texas A&M

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