LB · pick 35 — first ever linebacker at #35 (1968)

LB·pick 35

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #35

Jimmy Keyes

Drafted by MIA · Mississippi

1968

LBs drafted at #35 in NFL history

most recent: Courtney Upshaw (BAL, 2012)

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 #35, 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: 22.0% · 2027 model: 7.3%

Surrounding picks · 1968 draft

#30QBGary BebanLAR
#31DECurley CulpDEN
#32OTTom FunchessNE
#33SCharlie WestMIN
#34DTBob TatarekBUF
#36OTErnie RuplePIT
#37STJerry DePoysterDET
#38LBTom RousselWAS
#39RBCyril PinderPHI
#40WRFred HyattARI

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 7 picks

2012Courtney UpshawBAL — GM Ozzie Newsome · Alabama
2009James LaurinaitisLAR — GM Billy Devaney · Ohio St.
2006Rocky McIntoshWAS — GM Vinny Cerrato · Miami (FL)
1999Barry GardnerPHI — GM Tom Modrak · Northwestern
1986Dino HackettKC — GM Jim Schaaf · Appalachian St.
1982Jack SquirekLV — GM Al Davis · Illinois
1975Greg CollinsSF · Notre Dame

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