LB · pick 15 — first ever linebacker at #15 (1969)

LB·pick 15

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #15

Ron Pritchard

Drafted by TEN · Arizona State

1969

LBs drafted at #15 in NFL history

most recent: Ryan Shazier (PIT, 2014)

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 #15, 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: 21.2% · 2027 model: 6.9%

Surrounding picks · 1969 draft

#10WRJim SeymourLAR
#11DEBill StanfillMIA
#12DTRich MooreGB
#13DEFred DryerNYG
#14OTRufus MayesCHI
#16WRGene WashingtonSF
#17OGJohn ShinnersNO
#18LBBob BabichLAC
#19CBRoger WehrliARI
#20RBRon JohnsonCLE

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 11 picks

2014Ryan ShazierPIT — GM Kevin Colbert · Ohio St.
2009Brian CushingHOU — GM Rick Smith · USC
2007Lawrence TimmonsPIT — GM Kevin Colbert · Florida St.
2005Derrick JohnsonKC — GM Carl Peterson · Texas
1998Anthony SimmonsSEA — GM Mike Allman · Clemson
1996John MobleyDEN — GM Mike Shanahan · Kutztown (PA)
1993Wayne SimmonsGB — GM Ron Wolf · Clemson
1991Huey RichardsonPIT — GM Tom Donahoe · Florida
1990Lamar LathonTEN — GM Mike Holovak · Houston
1982Jimmy WilliamsDET — GM Russ Thomas · Nebraska
1974Don GoodeLAC · Kansas

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