LB · pick 38 — first ever linebacker at #38 (1968)

LB·pick 38

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #38

Tom Roussel

Drafted by WAS · Southern Mississippi

1968

LBs drafted at #38 in NFL history

most recent: Manti Te'o (LAC, 2013)

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 #38, 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: 7.5%

Surrounding picks · 1968 draft

#33SCharlie WestMIN
#34DTBob TatarekBUF
#35LBJimmy KeyesMIA
#36OTErnie RuplePIT
#37STJerry DePoysterDET
#39RBCyril PinderPHI
#40WRFred HyattARI
#41OTRich BuzinNYG
#42SBob AtkinsARI
#43CBill LenkaitisLAC

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 8 picks

2013Manti Te'oLAC — GM Tom Telesco · Notre Dame
2012Andre BranchJAX — GM Gene Smith · Clemson
2009Rey MaualugaCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · USC
2006Thomas HowardLV — GM Al Davis era · Texas-El Paso
2002Raonall SmithMIN — GM Mike Tice / Brzezinski · Washington St.
1992Levon KirklandPIT — GM Tom Donahoe · Clemson
1981Mike SingletaryCHI — GM Jim Finks · Baylor
1979Reggie MathisNO · Oklahoma

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