LB · pick 156 — first ever linebacker at #156 (1969)

LB·pick 156

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #156

Jimmy Jones

Drafted by NYJ · Wichita State

1969

LBs drafted at #156 in NFL history

most recent: Jeffrey Bassa (KC, 2025)

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 #156, 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: 22.7% · 2027 model: 10.0%

Surrounding picks · 1969 draft

#151LBPat CurranLAR
#152WRRick ShawDAL
#153CBJackie AllenLV
#154OTBill FortierIND
#155RBJohn PleasantKC
#157DEJohn HeltonBUF
#158OGDick EnderleATL
#159RBMike SchmeisingPHI
#160SChuck BeattyPIT
#161DERoyce BerryCIN

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 7 picks

2025Jeffrey BassaKC — GM Brett Veach · Oregon
2019Justin HollinsDEN — GM John Elway · Oregon
2014Lamin BarrowDEN — GM John Elway · LSU
1999Jay ForemanBUF — GM John Butler · Nebraska
1982Darrell NicholsonNYG — GM George Young · North Carolina
1981Bryan HinklePIT — GM Dick Haley · Oregon
1978Coleman, KemKem ColemanNE · Ole Miss

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