LB · pick 119 — first ever linebacker at #119 (1972)

LB·pick 119

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #119

Ralph Cindrich

Drafted by ATL · Pittsburgh

1972

LBs drafted at #119 in NFL history

most recent: Barrett Carter (CIN, 2025)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1971, the model gave a linebacker at #119 a 12.9% chance in 1972.

Linebacker at #119, 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: 20.9% · 2027 model: 10.5%

Surrounding picks · 1972 draft

#114CBDickie HarrisNYJ
#115DTDon CroftIND
#116TEBishop, JimJim BishopLAC
#117TEBob ParsonsCHI
#118WRJim KriegDEN
#120OGChilds, BobBob ChildsLAR
#121LBEdwards, LarryLarry EdwardsNYG
#122STGeorge HuntCLE
#123LBGreene, MikeMike GreeneSF
#124CBRon BoltonNE

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 10 picks

2025Barrett CarterCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · Clemson
2020Mykal WalkerATL — GM Thomas Dimitroff · Fresno St.
2014Anthony HitchensDAL — GM Jerry Jones · Iowa
2012Keenan RobinsonWAS — GM Bruce Allen · Texas
2010A.J. EddsMIA — GM Jeff Ireland · Iowa
2000Isaiah KacyvenskiSEA — GM Mike Holmgren · Harvard
1999Keith NewmanBUF — GM John Butler · North Carolina
1993James WillisGB — GM Ron Wolf · Auburn
1989Willis CrockettDAL — GM Jerry Jones · Georgia Tech
1975Jim CopeCLE · Ohio State

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