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

LB·pick 18

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #18

Bob Matheson

Drafted by CLE · Duke

1967 · earliest year in the data window

LBs drafted at #18 in NFL history

most recent: Jack Campbell (DET, 2023)

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 #18, 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: 21.0% · 2027 model: 6.9%

Surrounding picks · 1967 draft

#13RBRay McDonaldWAS
#14DTRon BillingsleyLAC
#15DTAlan PageMIN
#16WRDave WilliamsARI
#17OGGene UpshawLV
#19RBHarry JonesPHI
#20RBJim DetwilerIND
#21CBJohn CharlesNE
#22SJohn PittsBUF
#23OGTom RegnerTEN

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 4 picks

2023Jack CampbellDET — GM Brad Holmes · Iowa
2006Bobby CarpenterDAL — GM Jerry Jones · Ohio St.
1975Tom HendersonDAL · Langston
1969Bob BabichLAC · Miami (OH)

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