LB · pick 177 — first ever linebacker at #177 (1983)

LB·pick 177

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #177

Sam Merriman

Drafted by SEA — GM Mike McCormack · Idaho

1983

LBs drafted at #177 in NFL history

most recent: Cameron McGrone (NE, 2021)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1982, the model gave a linebacker at #177 a 18.7% chance in 1983.

Linebacker at #177, 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: 24.1% · 2027 model: 9.5%

Surrounding picks · 1983 draft

#172SMyron DupreeDEN — GM Edgar Kaiser/staff
#173RBKen ThomasKC — GM Jim Schaaf
#174RBAnthony EdgarPHI — GM Jim Murray
#175LBGary MotenSF — GM John McVay
#176WRRocky BelkCLE — GM Art Modell/staff
#178CBPerry WilliamsNYG — GM George Young
#179RBDaryl PoseyKC — GM Jim Schaaf
#180DTGurnest BrownBUF — GM Stew Barber
#181STMike BlackDET — GM Russ Thomas
#182OGJon SchultheisPHI — GM Jim Murray

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 8 picks

2021Cameron McGroneNE — GM Bill Belichick · Michigan
2015Deiontrez MountTEN — GM Ruston Webster · Louisville
2002Nick RogersMIN — GM Mike Tice / Brzezinski · Georgia Tech
2000Dhani JonesNYG — GM Ernie Accorsi · Michigan
1999Clint KriewaldtDET — GM Chuck Schmidt · Wisconsin–Stevens Point
1994Brant BoyerMIA — GM Don Shula · Arizona
1990Craig OgletreeCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · Auburn
1984Leo BarkerCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · New Mexico St.

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