LB · pick 31 — first ever linebacker at #31 (1969)

LB·pick 31

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #31

Bill Bergey

Drafted by CIN · Arkansas State

1969

LBs drafted at #31 in NFL history

most recent: Jihaad Campbell (PHI, 2025)

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 #31, 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: 21.7% · 2027 model: 7.2%

Surrounding picks · 1969 draft

#26OTDave FoleyNYJ
#27RBBill EnyartBUF
#28LBErnie CallowayPHI
#29RBPaul GipsonATL
#30QBTerry HanrattyPIT
#32OGMike MontlerNE
#33LBTed HendricksIND
#34RBAltie TaylorDET
#35DTRolf KruegerARI
#36SGrady CavnessDEN

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 10 picks

2025Jihaad CampbellPHI — GM Howie Roseman · Alabama
2017Reuben FosterSF — GM John Lynch · Alabama
2015Stephone AnthonyNO — GM Mickey Loomis · Clemson
2002Robert ThomasLAR — GM Charley Armey · UCLA
1999Al WilsonDEN — GM Mike Shanahan · Tennessee
1993Chris SladeNE — GM Sam Jankovich · Virginia
1991Roman PhiferLAR — GM John Shaw · UCLA
1980Kirby CriswellCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · Kansas
1978Mark MerrillNYJ · Minnesota
1972Willie HallNO · USC

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