LB · pick 4 — first ever linebacker at #4 (1974)

LB·pick 4

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #4

Waymond Bryant

Drafted by CHI · Tennessee State

1974

LBs drafted at #4 in NFL history

most recent: Aaron Curry (SEA, 2009)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1973, the model gave a linebacker at #4 a 6.7% chance in 1974.

Linebacker at #4, 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: 28.6% · 2027 model: 7.1%

Surrounding picks · 1974 draft

#1DEEd JonesDAL
#2RBBo MatthewsLAC
#3OGJohn HicksNYG
#5DEJohn DuttonIND
#6DTCarl BarzilauskasNYJ
#7TEJ. V. CainARI
#8LBEd O'NeilDET
#9RBWilbur JacksonSF

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 5 picks

2009Aaron CurrySEA — GM Tim Ruskell · Wake Forest
1997Peter BoulwareBAL — GM Ozzie Newsome · Florida St.
1993Marvin JonesNYJ — GM Dick Steinberg · Florida St.
1991Mike CroelDEN — GM John Beake · Nebraska
1989Derrick ThomasKC — GM Carl Peterson · Alabama

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