LB · pick 184 — first ever linebacker at #184 (1979)

LB·pick 184

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #184

Rich Wingo

Drafted by GB · Alabama

1979

LBs drafted at #184 in NFL history

most recent: Zaire Barnes (NYJ, 2023)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1978, the model gave a linebacker at #184 a 13.5% chance in 1979.

Linebacker at #184, 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: 24.7% · 2027 model: 9.3%

Surrounding picks · 1979 draft

#179RBKing, EmmettEmmett KingNYJ
#180CBHenry MonroeGB
#181DTBob WinkelMIN
#182LBRich MilotWAS
#183OTCody RisienCLE
#185DEBunche, CurtisCurtis BunchePHI
#186OTWestlund, RogerRoger WestlundATL
#187SBrown, KeithKeith BrownNYJ
#188STLuke PrestridgeDEN
#189STUwe von SchamannMIA

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 2 picks

2023Zaire BarnesNYJ — GM Joe Douglas · Western Michigan
2000Shannon TaylorLAC — GM Bobby Beathard · Virginia

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