LB · pick 40 — first ever linebacker at #40 (1967)

LB·pick 40

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #40

Ron McCall

Drafted by LAC · Weber State

1967 · earliest year in the data window

LBs drafted at #40 in NFL history

most recent: Kyle Van Noy (DET, 2014)

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 #40, 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: 7.6%

Surrounding picks · 1967 draft

#34CBLem BarneyDET
#35RBDon ShyPIT
#37TERich SheronNYJ
#38DTSpain MusgroveWAS
#39OTTom HolzerSF
#41WRDave DunawayGB
#42TEJim LeMoineBUF
#43DEBob RoweARI
#44OGJohn BrooksPHI
#45SRick VolkIND

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 7 picks

2014Kyle Van NoyDET — GM Martin Mayhew · BYU
2011Bruce CarterDAL — GM Jerry Jones · North Carolina
2010Koa MisiMIA — GM Jeff Ireland · Utah
2003E.J. HendersonMIN — GM Mike Tice / Brzezinski · Maryland
2000Ian GoldDEN — GM Mike Shanahan · Michigan
1986Kevin MurphyTB — GM Phil Krueger · Oklahoma
1973Brad Van PeltNYG · Michigan State

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