LB · pick 157 — first ever linebacker at #157 (1978)

LB·pick 157

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #157

Francis Chesley

Drafted by NO · Wyoming

1978

LBs drafted at #157 in NFL history

most recent: Blake Cashman (NYJ, 2019)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1977, the model gave a linebacker at #157 a 13.5% chance in 1978.

Linebacker at #157, 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: 22.8% · 2027 model: 10.0%

Surrounding picks · 1978 draft

#152WRRodney ParkerATL
#153OGTony ArdizzoneDET
#154TEConrad RuckerTEN
#155RBGeise, SteveSteve GeiseCIN
#156LBColeman, KemKem ColemanNE
#158DEMekeli IeremiaCHI
#159RBTony GreenWAS
#160WRRandy ReutershanPIT
#161RBBen GarryIND
#162WRMarshall, ElijahElijah MarshallTB

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 7 picks

2019Blake CashmanNYJ — GM Mike Maccagnan · Minnesota
2011Doug HogueDET — GM Martin Mayhew · Syracuse
2006A.J. NicholsonCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · Florida St.
2001Patrick ChukwurahMIN — GM Frank Gilliam · Wyoming
1998Chris DraftCHI — GM Mark Hatley · Stanford
1988Kurt CrainTEN — GM Ladd Herzeg · Auburn
1984Rod ClarkARI — GM Bill Bidwill · Texas St.

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