LB · pick 205 — first ever linebacker at #205 (1998)

LB·pick 205

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #205

Jimmy Sprotte

Drafted by TEN — GM Floyd Reese · Arizona

1998

LBs drafted at #205 in NFL history

most recent: Kain Medrano (WAS, 2025)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1997, the model gave a linebacker at #205 a 15.2% chance in 1998.

Linebacker at #205, 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: 26.4% · 2027 model: 8.8%

Surrounding picks · 1998 draft

#200CTrey TeagueDEN — GM Mike Shanahan
#201RBKen OxendineATL — GM Harold Richardson
#202RBMarcus ParkerCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#203DTHenry SlayATL — GM Harold Richardson
#204WRAndy McCulloughNO — GM Mike Ditka
#206LBAntwaune PondsWAS — GM Charley Casserly
#207OGChris LiwienskiDET — GM Chuck Schmidt
#208LBChester BurnettMIN — GM Frank Gilliam
#209DEJomo CousinsARI — GM Bob Ferguson
#210OGJim BundrenMIA — GM Jimmy Johnson

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 1 pick

2025Kain MedranoWAS — GM Adam Peters · UCLA

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