LB · pick 137 — first ever linebacker at #137 (1981)

LB·pick 137

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #137

Danny Spradlin

Drafted by DAL — GM Tex Schramm · Tennessee

1981

LBs drafted at #137 in NFL history

most recent: Jason Phillips (BAL, 2009)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1980, the model gave a linebacker at #137 a 15.6% chance in 1981.

Linebacker at #137, 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: 21.6% · 2027 model: 10.4%

Surrounding picks · 1981 draft

#132OGGary SayreWAS — GM Bobby Beathard
#133LBDelbert FowlerTEN — GM Ladd Herzeg
#134STSteve CoxCLE — GM Art Modell/staff
#135DECalvin ClarkBUF — GM Stew Barber
#136OTEric SandersATL — GM Eddie LeBaron
#138RBTommy VigoritoMIA — GM Don Shula
#139OGNat HudsonNO — GM Ken Meyer/staff
#140DESteve DurhamSEA — GM John Thompson
#141OTAndrew GissingerLAC — GM Steve Ortmayer
#142LBJohn WoodringNYJ — GM Jim Kensil

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 3 picks

2009Jason PhillipsBAL — GM Ozzie Newsome · TCU
2006Terna NandeTEN — GM Floyd Reese · Miami (OH)
2000Clark HaggansPIT — GM Kevin Colbert · Colorado St.

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