LB · pick 19 — first ever linebacker at #19 (1975)

LB·pick 19

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #19

Tom Ruud

Drafted by BUF · Nebraska

1975

LBs drafted at #19 in NFL history

most recent: Jamin Davis (WAS, 2021)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1974, the model gave a linebacker at #19 a 12.4% chance in 1975.

Linebacker at #19, 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 · 1975 draft

#14LBGlenn CameronCIN
#15RBDon HardemanTEN
#16TERuss FrancisNE
#17CBLouis WrightDEN
#18LBTom HendersonDAL
#20OTDoug FranceLAR
#21STim GrayARI
#22CBMike WilliamsLAC
#23OTDarryl CarltonMIA
#24CBNeal ColzieLV

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 6 picks

2021Jamin DavisWAS — GM Ron Rivera · Kentucky
2018Leighton Vander EschDAL — GM Jerry Jones · Boise St.
2010Sean WeatherspoonATL — GM Thomas Dimitroff · Missouri
1980Otis WilsonCHI — GM Jim Finks · Louisville
1979George AndrewsLAR · Nebraska
1976Kim BokamperMIA · San Jose State

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