LB · pick 121 — first ever linebacker at #121 (1967)

LB·pick 121

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #121

Bernard Erickson

Drafted by LAC · Abilene Christian

1967 · earliest year in the data window

LBs drafted at #121 in NFL history

most recent: David Walker (TB, 2025)

How rare was this draftigami?

No rarity score — the model compares each pick to its predictions for earlier seasons, and drafts from 1967–1969 sit before that runway is long enough.

Linebacker at #121, 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 · 1967 draft

#115WRKen LastMIN
#116DTDwight HoodGB
#118DTWillie ParkerTEN
#119STBruce AlfordCHI
#120DTRandy MatsonATL
#122SNate ShawLAR
#123TEJamie RiversARI
#124RBGerald WarfieldLV
#125TEDick AbsherPHI
#126LBRon PorterIND

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 11 picks

2025David WalkerTB — GM Jason Licht · Central Arkansas
2023Ventrell MillerJAX — GM Trent Baalke · Florida
2021Jordan SmithJAX — GM Trent Baalke · Ala-Birmingham
2014Carl BradfordGB — GM Ted Thompson · Arizona St.
2010Keenan ClaytonPHI — GM Howie Roseman · Oklahoma
1996Ray FarmerPHI — GM Tom Modrak · Duke
1993Ron GeorgeATL — GM Ken Herock · Stanford
1988Darin JordanPIT — GM Dick Haley · Northeastern
1985Dwayne JilesPHI — GM Harry Gamble · Texas Tech
1972Edwards, LarryLarry EdwardsNYG · Texas A&I
1971Wallace, RockyRocky WallaceARI · Missouri

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