LB·pick 218
Steve Russ
Drafted by DEN — GM Mike Shanahan · Air Force
1995
5
LBs drafted at #218 in NFL history
most recent: Carter Coughlin (NYG, 2020)
How rare was this draftigami?
Trained on every pick through 1994, the model gave a linebacker at #218 a 19.9% chance in 1995.
Linebacker at #218, 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: 27.7% · 2027 model: 8.4%
Surrounding picks · 1995 draft
- #213QBJohn Walsh
- #214SGerald McBurrows
- #215OTSteve Ingram
- #216DEKeif Bryant
- #217WRCurtis Ceaser
- #219WRCurtis Marsh
- #220CBHerman O'Berry
- #221OGTom Nutten
- #222TEByron Chamberlain
- #223LBJessie Cox
Drafted at this same coordinate later · 4 picks
- 2020Carter Coughlin
- 2009Brad Jones
- 2007Zach Diles
- 1997Toran James