LB · pick 179 — first ever linebacker at #179 (1968)

LB·pick 179

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #179

Jerry Richardson

Drafted by SF · Mississippi

1968

LBs drafted at #179 in NFL history

most recent: Max Valles (LV, 2015)

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 #179, 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: 24.3% · 2027 model: 9.4%

Surrounding picks · 1968 draft

#174RBDoug DaltonPIT
#175WRGene HowardNO
#176RBBob BrunetWAS
#177WRKen HenryARI
#178OGJoe PrzybyckiPHI
#180DEDoug ChatmanNYG
#181DEWillie HolmanCHI
#182OTOscar LubkeNYJ

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 9 picks

2015Max VallesLV — GM Reggie McKenzie · Virginia
2007H.B. BladesWAS — GM Vinny Cerrato · Pittsburgh
1997Muadianvita KazadiLAR — GM John Shaw / Jay Zygmunt · Tulsa
1995Wardell RouseTB — GM Rich McKay · Clemson
1990James SingletaryIND — GM Jim Irsay/staff · East Carolina
1989Kevin HendrixWAS — GM Bobby Beathard · South Carolina
1977Black, TimTim BlackDET · Baylor
1973Gary WeaverLV · Fresno State
1970Don AbbeyDAL · Penn State

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