LB · pick 198 — first ever linebacker at #198 (1999)

LB·pick 198

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #198

Jeff Kelly

Drafted by ATL — GM Harold Richardson · Kansas St.

1999

LBs drafted at #198 in NFL history

most recent: Cato June (IND, 2003)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1998, the model gave a linebacker at #198 a 14.7% chance in 1999.

Linebacker at #198, 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: 25.8% · 2027 model: 9.0%

Surrounding picks · 1999 draft

#193WRMarTay JenkinsDAL — GM Jerry Jones
#194SArmon HatcherBUF — GM John Butler
#195RBLamarr GlennTB — GM Rich McKay
#196WRDee MillerGB — GM Ron Wolf
#197OGJ.P. MachadoNYJ — GM Bill Parcells
#199LBAntico DaltonMIN — GM Frank Gilliam
#201WRTroy SmithPHI — GM Tom Modrak
#202LBMelvin BradleyARI — GM Bob Ferguson
#203OTScott CurryGB — GM Ron Wolf
#204WRChad PlummerDEN — GM Mike Shanahan

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 2 picks

2003Cato JuneIND — GM Bill Polian · Michigan
2002Tyreo HarrisonPHI — GM Andy Reid · Notre Dame

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