LB · pick 208 — first ever linebacker at #208 (1998)

LB·pick 208

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #208

Chester Burnett

Drafted by MIN — GM Frank Gilliam · Arizona

1998

LBs drafted at #208 in NFL history

most recent: Kamu Grugier-Hill (NE, 2016)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1997, the model gave a linebacker at #208 a 15.1% chance in 1998.

Linebacker at #208, 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: 26.7% · 2027 model: 8.7%

Surrounding picks · 1998 draft

#203DTHenry SlayATL — GM Harold Richardson
#204WRAndy McCulloughNO — GM Mike Ditka
#205LBJimmy SprotteTEN — GM Floyd Reese
#206LBAntwaune PondsWAS — GM Charley Casserly
#207OGChris LiwienskiDET — GM Chuck Schmidt
#209DEJomo CousinsARI — GM Bob Ferguson
#210OGJim BundrenMIA — GM Jimmy Johnson
#211OGJason AndersenNE — GM Bobby Grier
#212DEChance McCartyTB — GM Rich McKay
#213CBen FrickeNYG — GM Ernie Accorsi

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 1 pick

2016Kamu Grugier-HillNE — GM Bill Belichick · Eastern Illinois

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