LB · pick 159 — first ever linebacker at #159 (1967)

LB·pick 159

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #159

Bo Wood

Drafted by NO · North Carolina

1967 · earliest year in the data window

LBs drafted at #159 in NFL history

most recent: Jeb Huckeba (SEA, 2005)

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 #159, 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: 22.9% · 2027 model: 10.0%

Surrounding picks · 1967 draft

#154DERon MedlenNE
#155QBRick EgloffLV
#156RBNoland SmithKC
#157WRSims StokesDAL
#158RBSteward WilliamsGB
#160OGGary HertzogNO
#161OTBob ZiolkowskiGB
#162QBCorey ColehourATL
#163RBLarry SeipleMIA
#164WREd CarringtonTEN

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 10 picks

2005Jeb HuckebaSEA — GM Tim Ruskell · Arkansas
1997Vernon CrawfordNE — GM Bobby Grier · Florida St.
1990Bryce PaupGB — GM Tom Braatz · Northern Iowa
1987Toby CastonTEN — GM Ladd Herzeg · LSU
1984Aaron SmithDEN — GM Edgar Kaiser/staff · Utah St.
1980Andrew MelontreeCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · Baylor
1979Mike MurphyTEN · SW Missouri State
1977Paul HarrisPIT · Alabama
1971Phil CroyleTEN · California
1968D.D. LewisDAL · Mississippi State

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