LB · pick 195 — first ever linebacker at #195 (1982)

LB·pick 195

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #195

Ron Ferrari

Drafted by SF — GM John McVay · Illinois

1982

LBs drafted at #195 in NFL history

most recent: Tanner Vallejo (BUF, 2017)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1981, the model gave a linebacker at #195 a 17.2% chance in 1982.

Linebacker at #195, 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: 25.6% · 2027 model: 9.0%

Surrounding picks · 1982 draft

#190DTHarvey ArmstrongPHI — GM Jim Murray
#191TETom CoombsNYJ — GM Jim Kensil
#192RBLarry CowanMIA — GM Don Shula
#193DEBill PurifoyDAL — GM Tex Schramm
#194LBBen NeedhamCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 3 picks

2017Tanner VallejoBUF — GM Doug Whaley · Boise St.
2011J.T. ThomasCHI — GM Jerry Angelo · West Virginia
1983Keith WoetzelMIA — GM Don Shula · Rutgers

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