LB · pick 174 — first ever linebacker at #174 (1979)

LB·pick 174

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #174

Lee Kunz

Drafted by CHI · Nebraska

1979

LBs drafted at #174 in NFL history

most recent: Ryan McCoy (PHI, 1994)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1978, the model gave a linebacker at #174 a 13.6% chance in 1979.

Linebacker at #174, 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: 23.9% · 2027 model: 9.6%

Surrounding picks · 1979 draft

#168OGMax MontoyaCIN
#169LBLarry PolowskiSEA
#170TETom MulladyBUF
#172TESteve AlversNYG
#173WRKirk GibsonARI
#175OTMatia, JackJack MatiaLV
#176LBStan SytsmaNO
#177SJudson FlintNE
#178OTSwafford, DonDon SwaffordPHI
#179RBKing, EmmettEmmett KingNYJ

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 5 picks

1994Ryan McCoyPHI — GM Harry Gamble · Houston
1991Calvin TiggleTB — GM Phil Krueger · Georgia Tech
1990Tracy HayworthDET — GM Chuck Schmidt · Tennessee
1982Eugene WilliamsSEA — GM Mike McCormack · Tulsa
1980Henry JohnsonMIN — GM Mike Lynn · Georgia Tech

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