LB · pick 185 — first ever linebacker at #185 (1991)

LB·pick 185

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #185

Andre Jones

Drafted by PIT — GM Tom Donahoe · Notre Dame

1991

LBs drafted at #185 in NFL history

most recent: Nick Niemann (LAC, 2021)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1990, the model gave a linebacker at #185 a 16.6% chance in 1991.

Linebacker at #185, 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: 24.8% · 2027 model: 9.3%

Surrounding picks · 1991 draft

#180STripp WelborneMIN — GM Jeff Diamond
#181WRJames BradleyIND — GM Jim Irsay/staff
#182OGHayward HaynesNO — GM Jim Finks
#183LBKyle FreemanTEN — GM Mike Holovak
#184SFernandus VinsonCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#186OGMark TuckerATL — GM Ken Herock
#187RBJames JosephPHI — GM Harry Gamble
#188TEKeith CashWAS — GM Charley Casserly
#189CBBernard EllisonKC — GM Carl Peterson
#190QBPaul JustinCHI — GM Bill Tobin

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 3 picks

2021Nick NiemannLAC — GM Tom Telesco · Iowa
2013DeVonte HollomanDAL — GM Jerry Jones · South Carolina
2011Greg JonesNYG — GM Jerry Reese · Michigan St.

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