LB · pick 215 — first ever linebacker at #215 (1994)

LB·pick 215

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #215

Tom Beer

Drafted by DET — GM Chuck Schmidt · Saginaw Valley St.

1994

LBs drafted at #215 in NFL history

most recent: Harold Perkins Jr. (ATL, 2026)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1993, the model gave a linebacker at #215 a 15.2% chance in 1994.

Linebacker at #215, 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: 27.4% · 2027 model: 8.5%

Surrounding picks · 1994 draft

#210LBKeith BurnsDEN — GM John Beake
#211LBPete BercichMIN — GM Frank Gilliam
#212RBButler By'not'eDEN — GM John Beake
#213OTLance LundbergNO — GM Bill Kuharich
#214CBSean HillMIA — GM Don Shula
#216DEToddrick McIntoshDAL — GM Jerry Jones
#217LBRob HolmbergLV — GM Al Davis era
#218CTom NalenDEN — GM John Beake
#219TETracy GreeneKC — GM Carl Peterson
#220LBLemanski HallTEN — GM Floyd Reese

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 4 picks

2026Harold Perkins Jr.ATL · LSU
2020Markus BaileyCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · Purdue
2000Sekou SanyikaARI — GM Bob Ferguson · California
1996Jeremy AsherWAS — GM Charley Casserly · Oregon

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