LB · pick 18 — first ever linebacker at #18 (1967)

LB·pick 18

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #18

Bob Matheson

Drafted by CLE · Duke

first in our window — 1967 (NFL draft data goes back to 1967)

Common — not rare enough to clear the top 12.5% cutoff (no badge).

Trained on every linebacker pick before 1967, the model gave a 9.9% chance of a linebacker going at #18 that year.

Tiers are hard percentile cutoffs over every draftigami in our window: top 12.5% rarest = RARE, 5% = SUPER RARE, 1% = MEGA RARE, 0.25% = LEGENDARY.