LB·pick 25
Billy Cannon
Drafted by DAL — GM Tex Schramm · Texas A&M
1984
5
LBs drafted at #25 in NFL history
most recent: Shaq Thompson (CAR, 2015)
How rare was this draftigami?
Trained on every pick through 1983, the model gave a linebacker at #25 a 13.7% chance in 1984.
Linebacker at #25, 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: 20.9% · 2027 model: 7.0%
Surrounding picks · 1984 draft
- #20TEDavid Lewis
- #21OTJohn Alt
- #22CBTerry Taylor
- #23WRLouis Lipps
- #24LBTodd Shell
- #26RBGreg Bell
- #27OGWilliam Roberts
- #28OTBrian Blados
- #29DTDoug Smith
- #30LBKeith Browner
Drafted at this same coordinate later · 4 picks
- 2015Shaq Thompson
- 2012Dont'a Hightower
- 2007Jon Beason
- 1985Emanuel King