LB · pick 223 — first ever linebacker at #223 (1995)

LB·pick 223

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #223

Jessie Cox

Drafted by IND — GM Bill Tobin · Texas Southern

1995

LBs drafted at #223 in NFL history

most recent: Brandon Watts (MIN, 2014)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1994, the model gave a linebacker at #223 a 20.3% chance in 1995.

Linebacker at #223, 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: 28.3% · 2027 model: 8.3%

Surrounding picks · 1995 draft

#218LBSteve RussDEN — GM Mike Shanahan
#219WRCurtis MarshJAX — GM Tom Coughlin
#220CBHerman O'BerryLAR — GM John Shaw / Jay Zygmunt
#221OGTom NuttenBUF — GM John Butler
#222TEByron ChamberlainDEN — GM Mike Shanahan
#224LBWesley LeasyARI — GM Larry Wilson
#225STBryne DiehlNYG — GM George Young
#226CBScott TurnerWAS — GM Charley Casserly
#227DEJeff RodgersTB — GM Rich McKay
#228OGHessley HempsteadDET — GM Chuck Schmidt

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 3 picks

2014Brandon WattsMIN — GM Rick Spielman · Georgia Tech
2012Travis LewisDET — GM Martin Mayhew · Oklahoma
2000James CottonCHI — GM Mark Hatley · Ohio St.

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