LB·pick 17
Fred McNeill
Drafted by MIN · UCLA
1974
12
LBs drafted at #17 in NFL history
most recent: Dallas Turner (MIN, 2024)
How rare was this draftigami?
Trained on every pick through 1973, the model gave a linebacker at #17 a 9.0% chance in 1974.
Linebacker at #17, 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: 20.9% · 2027 model: 6.9%
Surrounding picks · 1974 draft
- #12RBBarty Smith
- #13LBRick Middleton
- #14LBRandy Gradishar
- #15LBDon Goode
- #16RBWoody Green
- #18TEReuben Gant
- #19OTHenry Lawrence
- #20DTDave Gallagher
- #21WRLynn Swann
- #22RBCharley Young
Drafted at this same coordinate later · 11 picks
- 2024Dallas Turner
- 2014C.J. Mosley
- 2013Jarvis Jones
- 2006Chad Greenway
- 2005David Pollack
- 2004D.J. Williams
- 1998Brian Simmons
- 1996Reggie Brown
- 1986Tim Green
- 1977Robert Jackson
- 1976Larry Gordon