LB · pick 150 — first ever linebacker at #150 (1980)

LB·pick 150

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #150

Lester Boyd

Drafted by NO — GM Ken Meyer/staff · Kentucky

1980

LBs drafted at #150 in NFL history

most recent: Genard Avery (CLE, 2018)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1979, the model gave a linebacker at #150 a 14.9% chance in 1980.

Linebacker at #150, 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: 22.3% · 2027 model: 10.2%

Surrounding picks · 1980 draft

#145QBScott BrunnerNYG — GM George Young
#146SMike DavisATL — GM Eddie LeBaron
#147WRBubba GarciaKC — GM Jim Schaaf
#148DTRay YakavonisMIN — GM Mike Lynn
#149DTGeorge VisgerNYJ — GM Jim Kensil
#151RBLaRue HarringtonLAC — GM Steve Ortmayer
#152DETom SchrempNYJ — GM Jim Kensil
#153DEMark McNealSEA — GM John Thompson
#154RBMike GumanLAR — GM Don Klosterman
#155LBFarley BellWAS — GM Bobby Beathard

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 5 picks

2018Genard AveryCLE — GM John Dorsey · Memphis
2009Jasper BrinkleyMIN — GM Rick Spielman · South Carolina
1988Dan MurrayBUF — GM Bill Polian · East Stroudsburg
1987Greg LloydPIT — GM Dick Haley · Fort Valley St.
1982Craig ShafferARI — GM Bill Bidwill · Indiana St.

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