LB · pick 242 — first ever linebacker at #242 (1996)

LB·pick 242

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #242

Carlos Emmons

Drafted by PIT — GM Tom Donahoe · Arkansas St.

1996

LBs drafted at #242 in NFL history

most recent: Corey Nelson (DEN, 2014)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1995, the model gave a linebacker at #242 a 16.9% chance in 1996.

Linebacker at #242, 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: 32.4% · 2027 model: 7.7%

Surrounding picks · 1996 draft

#237LBDan BrandenburgBUF — GM John Butler
#238QBJon StarkBAL — GM Ozzie Newsome
#239TESean ManuelSF — GM Carmen Policy
#240QBKyle WachholtzGB — GM Ron Wolf
#241CJeff SmithKC — GM Carl Peterson
#243RBRyan WoodDAL — GM Jerry Jones
#244TEJay RiemersmaBUF — GM John Butler
#246TEHenry LuskNO — GM Bill Kuharich
#247OGJ.R. ConradNE — GM Bill Parcells
#248OGJoey WylieLV — GM Al Davis era

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 2 picks

2014Corey NelsonDEN — GM John Elway · Oklahoma
2011Malcolm SmithSEA — GM John Schneider · USC

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