LB · pick 194 — first ever linebacker at #194 (1979)

LB·pick 194

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #194

Howie Kurnick

Drafted by CIN · Cincinnati

1979

LBs drafted at #194 in NFL history

most recent: Cory James (LV, 2016)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1978, the model gave a linebacker at #194 a 13.4% chance in 1979.

Linebacker at #194, 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: 25.5% · 2027 model: 9.1%

Surrounding picks · 1979 draft

#189STUwe von SchamannMIA
#190SJeff DelaneyLAR
#191LBFitzpatrick, GregGreg FitzpatrickDAL
#192OGBruce KimballPIT
#193WRRon CassidyGB
#195RBMike WilliamsKC
#196CChuck CorrealPHI

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 8 picks

2016Cory JamesLV — GM Reggie McKenzie · Colorado St.
2011Markell CarterNE — GM Bill Belichick · Central Arkansas
2005Pat ThomasJAX — GM James Harris · North Carolina St.
1998Jon HaskinsLAC — GM Bobby Beathard · Stanford
1997Cornell BrownBAL — GM Ozzie Newsome · Virginia Tech
1995Jeff KoppMIA — GM Don Shula · USC
1994Barron WorthamTEN — GM Floyd Reese · Texas-El Paso
1982Ben NeedhamCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · Michigan

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