LB · pick 28 — first ever linebacker at #28 (1969)

LB·pick 28

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #28

Ernie Calloway

Drafted by PHI · Texas Southern

1969

LBs drafted at #28 in NFL history

most recent: Patrick Queen (BAL, 2020)

How rare was this draftigami?

No rarity score — the model compares each pick to its predictions for earlier seasons, and drafts from 1967–1969 sit before that runway is long enough.

Linebacker at #28, 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: 21.2% · 2027 model: 7.1%

Surrounding picks · 1969 draft

#23CBJim MarsalisKC
#24RBCalvin HillDAL
#25WREddie HintonIND
#26OTDave FoleyNYJ
#27RBBill EnyartBUF
#29RBPaul GipsonATL
#30QBTerry HanrattyPIT
#31LBBill BergeyCIN
#32OGMike MontlerNE
#33LBTed HendricksIND

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 8 picks

2020Patrick QueenBAL — GM Eric DeCosta · LSU
2000Rob MorrisIND — GM Bill Polian · BYU
1999Andy KatzenmoyerNE — GM Bobby Grier · Ohio St.
1995Derrick BrooksTB — GM Rich McKay · Florida St.
1989Keith DeLongSF — GM John McVay · Tennessee
1988Marcus CottonATL — GM Ken Herock · USC
1986Jackie WalkerTB — GM Phil Krueger · Jackson St.
1974Tom MullenNYG · Southwest Missouri State

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