LB · pick 138 — first ever linebacker at #138 (1968)

LB·pick 138

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #138

Al Beauchamp

Drafted by CIN · Southern

1968

LBs drafted at #138 in NFL history

most recent: Kyle Louis (MIA, 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 #138, 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: 21.7% · 2027 model: 10.4%

Surrounding picks · 1968 draft

#133WRBob LongoTEN
#134RBJackie JacksonCLE
#135STDon MartinLAR
#136OTJohn NaponicLV
#137DEFrancis WinklerGB
#139OTHoward FestCIN
#140RBJim HagleATL
#141WRLeo JohnsonSF
#142QBKim HammondMIA
#143OTBill KindricksCIN

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 6 picks

2026Kyle LouisMIA · Pittsburgh
2012Tahir WhiteheadDET — GM Martin Mayhew · Temple
2008Robert JamesATL — GM Thomas Dimitroff · Arizona St.
2005Boomer GrigsbyKC — GM Carl Peterson · Illinois St.
1995Matt DysonLV — GM Al Davis era · Michigan
1987Will JohnsonCHI — GM Bill Tobin · La-Monroe

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