LB · pick 123 — first ever linebacker at #123 (1968)

LB·pick 123

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #123

Rocky Rosema

Drafted by ARI · Michigan

1968

LBs drafted at #123 in NFL history

most recent: Wade Woodaz (HOU, 2026)

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 #123, 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: 21.0% · 2027 model: 10.5%

Surrounding picks · 1968 draft

#118RBJim KiickMIA
#119DEMike McBathBUF
#120WRPhil OdleDET
#121OTSteve DuichGB
#122OTMike DirksPHI
#124OTMark NordquistPHI
#125RBDwight LeeSF
#126LBPaul ElzeyIND
#127WRCecil TurnerCHI
#128LBLee JacobsenNYJ

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 9 picks

2026Wade WoodazHOU · Clemson
2008Bryan KehlNYG — GM Jerry Reese · BYU
1993Tommy ThigpenNYG — GM George Young · North Carolina
1989Richard TarditsARI — GM Bill Bidwill · Georgia
1986Leon WhiteCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · BYU
1982Ed JacksonLV — GM Al Davis · Louisiana Tech
1980Jim ZiddNYJ — GM Jim Kensil · Kansas
1979Kelly KirchbaumNYJ · Kentucky
1972Greene, MikeMike GreeneSF · Georgia

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