LB · pick 188 — first ever linebacker at #188 (1978)

LB·pick 188

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #188

Mike Hawkins

Drafted by NE · Texas A&I

1978

LBs drafted at #188 in NFL history

most recent: Jamal Hill (HOU, 2024)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1977, the model gave a linebacker at #188 a 12.8% chance in 1978.

Linebacker at #188, 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: 25.0% · 2027 model: 9.2%

Surrounding picks · 1978 draft

#183RBSteve PowellBUF
#184WRBill KellarKC
#185WRJones, HermanHerman JonesCHI
#186DTGreg MarshallPHI
#187TEDufresne, MarkMark DufresnePIT
#189DEReggie DossLAR
#190WRHenry, LloydLloyd HenryMIA
#191RBJeff LoganIND
#192LBEarl InmonLV
#193OTBass, DannyDanny BassCIN

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 16 picks

2024Jamal HillHOU — GM Nick Caserio · Oregon
2022Malcolm RodriguezDET — GM Brad Holmes · Oklahoma St.
2019David LongTEN — GM Jon Robinson · West Virginia
2015Tony StewardBUF — GM Doug Whaley · Clemson
2013Cornelius WashingtonCHI — GM Phil Emery · Georgia
2012Danny TrevathanDEN — GM John Elway · Kentucky
2008Mike HumpalPIT — GM Kevin Colbert · Iowa
2002Wesly MallardNYG — GM Ernie Accorsi · Oregon
2001Rick CrowellMIA — GM Dave Wannstedt · Colorado St.
1997Tony McCombsARI — GM Bob Ferguson · Eastern Kentucky
1996Craig SauerATL — GM Harold Richardson · Minnesota
1993Doug MillerLAC — GM Bobby Beathard · South Dakota St.
1990John LevelisMIN — GM Mike Lynn · C.W. Post
1989George BethuneLAR — GM John Shaw · Alabama
1986Ray PhillipsDEN — GM John Beake · North Carolina St.
1981Steve DoolittleBUF — GM Stew Barber · Colorado

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