LB · pick 165 — first ever linebacker at #165 (1971)

LB·pick 165

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #165

Doug Adams

Drafted by DEN · Ohio State

1971

LBs drafted at #165 in NFL history

most recent: Darius Fleming (SF, 2012)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1970, the model gave a linebacker at #165 a 10.0% chance in 1971.

Linebacker at #165, 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: 23.3% · 2027 model: 9.8%

Surrounding picks · 1971 draft

#160WRBob ChandlerBUF
#161WRHarold CarmichaelPHI
#162DTScott PalmerNYJ
#163WRWesley ChessonATL
#164OTMcClure, WorthyWorthy McClurePIT
#166SWillie GermanyWAS
#167QBLee, BuddyBuddy LeeCHI
#168WRDave DavisGB
#169WRChuck DicusLAC
#170STJacobs, BobBob JacobsCLE

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 6 picks

2012Darius FlemingSF — GM Trent Baalke · Notre Dame
2008Jonathan GoffNYG — GM Jerry Reese · Vanderbilt
2004Robert ReynoldsTEN — GM Floyd Reese · Ohio St.
2002Bryan KnightCHI — GM Jerry Angelo · Pittsburgh
1994Bernard CarterTB — GM Phil Krueger · East Carolina
1984Rowland TatumMIA — GM Don Shula · Ohio St.

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