LB · pick 218 — first ever linebacker at #218 (1995)

LB·pick 218

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #218

Steve Russ

Drafted by DEN — GM Mike Shanahan · Air Force

1995

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 WalshCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#214SGerald McBurrowsLAR — GM John Shaw / Jay Zygmunt
#215OTSteve IngramTB — GM Rich McKay
#216DEKeif BryantSEA — GM Mike Allman
#217WRCurtis CeaserNYJ — GM Steve Gutman / Pat Kirwan
#219WRCurtis MarshJAX — GM Tom Coughlin
#220CBHerman O'BerryLAR — GM John Shaw / Jay Zygmunt
#221OGTom NuttenBUF — GM John Butler
#222TEByron ChamberlainDEN — GM Mike Shanahan
#223LBJessie CoxIND — GM Bill Tobin

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 4 picks

2020Carter CoughlinNYG — GM Dave Gettleman · Minnesota
2009Brad JonesGB — GM Ted Thompson · Colorado
2007Zach DilesHOU — GM Rick Smith · Kansas St.
1997Toran JamesLAC — GM Bobby Beathard · North Carolina A&T

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