LB · pick 243 — first ever linebacker at #243 (2008)

LB·pick 243

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #243

Joey LaRocque

Drafted by CHI — GM Jerry Angelo · Oregon St.

2008

LBs drafted at #243 in NFL history

most recent: Aiden Fisher (HOU, 2026)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 2007, the model gave a linebacker at #243 a 10.0% chance in 2008.

Linebacker at #243, 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: 32.7% · 2027 model: 7.7%

Surrounding picks · 2008 draft

#238RBCory BoydTB — GM Bruce Allen
#239TEMike MerrittKC — GM Carl Peterson
#240RBAllen PatrickBAL — GM Ozzie Newsome
#241OTGeoff SchwartzCAR — GM Marty Hurney
#242DERob JacksonWAS — GM Vinny Cerrato
#244LBAngelo CraigCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#245DTLionel DotsonMIA — GM Jeff Ireland
#246WRMario UrrutiaCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#247OTKirk BartonCHI — GM Jerry Angelo
#248WRMarcus MonkCHI — GM Jerry Angelo

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 2 picks

2026Aiden FisherHOU · Indiana
2011Nate BusseyNO — GM Mickey Loomis · Illinois

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