LB · pick 37 — first ever linebacker at #37 (1979)

LB·pick 37

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #37

Ken Fantetti

Drafted by DET · Wyoming

1979

LBs drafted at #37 in NFL history

most recent: Curtis Lofton (ATL, 2008)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1978, the model gave a linebacker at #37 a 14.2% chance in 1979.

Linebacker at #37, 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: 22.1% · 2027 model: 7.4%

Surrounding picks · 1979 draft

#32DTFred SmerlasBUF
#33OGGreg RobertsTB
#34WRGordon JonesTB
#35RBTheotis BrownARI
#36WREarnest GrayNYG
#38LBReggie MathisNO
#39WRRickey WattsCHI
#40CBLawrence JohnsonCLE
#41DEMark GastineauNYJ
#42DEWillie JonesLV

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 4 picks

2008Curtis LoftonATL — GM Thomas Dimitroff · Oklahoma
2004Teddy LehmanDET — GM Matt Millen · Oklahoma
1991Dixon EdwardsDAL — GM Jerry Jones · Michigan St.
1990Aaron WallaceLV — GM Al Davis · Texas A&M

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