LB · pick 20 — first ever linebacker at #20 (1972)

LB·pick 20

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #20

Mike Taylor

Drafted by NYJ · Michigan

1972

LBs drafted at #20 in NFL history

most recent: Darron Lee (NYJ, 2016)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1971, the model gave a linebacker at #20 a 9.7% chance in 1972.

Linebacker at #20, 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 · 1972 draft

#15SClarence EllisATL
#16DEHerb OrvisDET
#17CBEldridge SmallNYG
#18SThom DardenCLE
#19WRTerry BeasleySF
#21WRMike SianiLV
#22OTTom DrougasIND
#23RBJeff KinneyKC
#24DELarry JacobsonNYG
#25DTMike KadishMIA

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 2 picks

2016Darron LeeNYJ — GM Mike Maccagnan · Ohio St.
1997Dwayne RuddMIN — GM Frank Gilliam · Alabama

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