LB · pick 193 — first ever linebacker at #193 (1984)

LB·pick 193

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #193

Ed Martin

Drafted by DAL — GM Tex Schramm · Indiana St.

1984

LBs drafted at #193 in NFL history

most recent: Jack Kelly (NYG, 2026)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1983, the model gave a linebacker at #193 a 17.9% chance in 1984.

Linebacker at #193, 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: 25.4% · 2027 model: 9.1%

Surrounding picks · 1984 draft

#188SGeorge RadachowskyLAR — GM Don Klosterman
#189OTSam SlaterSEA — GM Mike McCormack
#190LBJim DumontCLE — GM Art Modell/staff
#191QBScott CampbellPIT — GM Dick Haley
#192WRDerwin WilliamsNE — GM Patrick Sullivan
#194OGBernard CarvalhoMIA — GM Don Shula
#195WRMark SmithWAS — GM Bobby Beathard
#196OGLoyd LewisMIN — GM Mike Lynn

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 7 picks

2026Jack KellyNYG · BYU
2022Devin HarperDAL — GM Jerry Jones · Oklahoma St.
2018Chris CovingtonDAL — GM Jerry Jones · Indiana
2017Jordan EvansCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · Oklahoma
2013Nate PalmerGB — GM Ted Thompson · Illinois St.
2011Brian RollePHI — GM Howie Roseman · Ohio St.
1986Larry KolicMIA — GM Don Shula · Ohio St.

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