LB · pick 202 — first ever linebacker at #202 (1999)

LB·pick 202

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #202

Melvin Bradley

Drafted by ARI — GM Bob Ferguson · Arkansas

1999

LBs drafted at #202 in NFL history

most recent: Evan Weaver (ARI, 2020)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1998, the model gave a linebacker at #202 a 14.6% chance in 1999.

Linebacker at #202, 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: 26.2% · 2027 model: 8.9%

Surrounding picks · 1999 draft

#196WRDee MillerGB — GM Ron Wolf
#197OGJ.P. MachadoNYJ — GM Bill Parcells
#198LBJeff KellyATL — GM Harold Richardson
#199LBAntico DaltonMIN — GM Frank Gilliam
#201WRTroy SmithPHI — GM Tom Modrak
#203OTScott CurryGB — GM Ron Wolf
#204WRChad PlummerDEN — GM Mike Shanahan
#205CBAndre WeathersNYG — GM Ernie Accorsi
#206RBDennis McKinleyARI — GM Bob Ferguson
#207RBMadre HillCLE — GM Dwight Clark

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 4 picks

2020Evan WeaverARI — GM Steve Keim · California
2018Jack CichyTB — GM Jason Licht · Wisconsin
2017Pita TaumoepenuSF — GM John Lynch · Utah
2011Jacquian WilliamsNYG — GM Jerry Reese · South Florida

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