LB · pick 25 — first ever linebacker at #25 (1984)

LB·pick 25

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #25

Billy Cannon

Drafted by DAL — GM Tex Schramm · Texas A&M

1984

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 LewisDET — GM Russ Thomas
#21OTJohn AltKC — GM Jim Schaaf
#22CBTerry TaylorSEA — GM Mike McCormack
#23WRLouis LippsPIT — GM Dick Haley
#24LBTodd ShellSF — GM John McVay
#26RBGreg BellBUF — GM Stew Barber
#27OGWilliam RobertsNYG — GM George Young
#28OTBrian BladosCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#29DTDoug SmithTEN — GM Ladd Herzeg
#30LBKeith BrownerTB — GM Phil Krueger

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 4 picks

2015Shaq ThompsonCAR — GM Dave Gettleman · Washington
2012Dont'a HightowerNE — GM Bill Belichick · Alabama
2007Jon BeasonCAR — GM Marty Hurney · Miami (FL)
1985Emanuel KingCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · Alabama

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