LB · pick 164 — first ever linebacker at #164 (1969)

LB·pick 164

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #164

Theo Cottrell

Drafted by ATL · Delaware Valley

1969

LBs drafted at #164 in NFL history

most recent: E.J. Speed (IND, 2019)

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 #164, 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: 23.2% · 2027 model: 9.8%

Surrounding picks · 1969 draft

#159RBMike SchmeisingPHI
#160SChuck BeattyPIT
#161DERoyce BerryCIN
#162OTRick HackleyNE
#163DEGary FlemingIND
#165TEAl GiffinDEN
#166RBJeff AndersonWAS
#167CJohn EganMIA
#168DTLarry AgajanianGB
#169WRRon CopelandCHI

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 5 picks

2019E.J. SpeedIND — GM Chris Ballard · Tarleton St.
2007Tim ShawCAR — GM Marty Hurney · Penn St.
1997Tim ScharfNYJ — GM Bill Parcells · Northwestern
1995Jerrott WillardKC — GM Carl Peterson · California
1982Ron HesterMIA — GM Don Shula · Florida St.

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