LB · pick 221 — first ever linebacker at #221 (1997)

LB·pick 221

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #221

Jon Hesse

Drafted by JAX — GM Tom Coughlin · Nebraska

1997

LBs drafted at #221 in NFL history

most recent: Matthew Adams (IND, 2018)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1996, the model gave a linebacker at #221 a 14.9% chance in 1997.

Linebacker at #221, 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: 28.0% · 2027 model: 8.4%

Surrounding picks · 1997 draft

#215DECedric WhiteLAR — GM John Shaw / Jay Zygmunt
#216SArmon WilliamsTEN — GM Floyd Reese
#217DTWilliam CarrCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#218LBToran JamesLAC — GM Bobby Beathard
#220LBArtie UlmerMIN — GM Frank Gilliam
#222SChris BayneATL — GM Harold Richardson
#223WRMike AdamsPIT — GM Tom Donahoe
#224SOmar StoutmireDAL — GM Jerry Jones
#225SByron CapersPHI — GM Tom Modrak
#226TEPat FitzgeraldBUF — GM John Butler

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 6 picks

2018Matthew AdamsIND — GM Chris Ballard · Houston
2014Randell JohnsonBUF — GM Doug Whaley · Florida Atlantic
2008Hilee TaylorCAR — GM Marty Hurney · North Carolina
2006Tim McGarigleLAR — GM Jay Zygmunt · Northwestern
2002Maurice RodriguezKC — GM Carl Peterson · Fresno St.
2000Lester TownsCAR — GM Dom Anile · Washington

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