LB · pick 206 — first ever linebacker at #206 (1998)

LB·pick 206

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #206

Antwaune Ponds

Drafted by WAS — GM Charley Casserly · Syracuse

1998

LBs drafted at #206 in NFL history

most recent: Nathaniel Watson (CLE, 2024)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1997, the model gave a linebacker at #206 a 15.2% chance in 1998.

Linebacker at #206, 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: 26.5% · 2027 model: 8.8%

Surrounding picks · 1998 draft

#201RBKen OxendineATL — GM Harold Richardson
#202RBMarcus ParkerCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#203DTHenry SlayATL — GM Harold Richardson
#204WRAndy McCulloughNO — GM Mike Ditka
#205LBJimmy SprotteTEN — GM Floyd Reese
#207OGChris LiwienskiDET — GM Chuck Schmidt
#208LBChester BurnettMIN — GM Frank Gilliam
#209DEJomo CousinsARI — GM Bob Ferguson
#210OGJim BundrenMIA — GM Jimmy Johnson
#211OGJason AndersenNE — GM Bobby Grier

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 2 picks

2024Nathaniel WatsonCLE — GM Andrew Berry · Mississippi St.
2013Vince WilliamsPIT — GM Kevin Colbert · Florida St.

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