LB · pick 16 — first ever linebacker at #16 (2000)

LB·pick 16

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #16

Julian Peterson

Drafted by SF — GM Bill Walsh · Michigan St.

2000

LBs drafted at #16 in NFL history

most recent: Zaven Collins (ARI, 2021)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1999, the model gave a linebacker at #16 a 11.5% chance in 2000.

Linebacker at #16, 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: 21.0% · 2027 model: 6.9%

Surrounding picks · 2000 draft

#11RBRon DayneNYG — GM Ernie Accorsi
#12DEShaun EllisNYJ — GM Dick Haley
#13DEJohn AbrahamNYJ — GM Dick Haley
#14TEBubba FranksGB — GM Ron Wolf
#15CBDeltha O'NealDEN — GM Mike Shanahan
#17STSebastian JanikowskiLV — GM Al Davis era
#18QBChad PenningtonNYJ — GM Dick Haley
#19RBShaun AlexanderSEA — GM Mike Holmgren
#20OTStockar McDougleDET — GM Chuck Schmidt
#21WRSylvester MorrisKC — GM Carl Peterson

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 3 picks

2021Zaven CollinsARI — GM Steve Keim · Tulsa
2018Tremaine EdmundsBUF — GM Brandon Beane · Virginia Tech
2009Larry EnglishLAC — GM A.J. Smith · Northern Illinois

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