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NFL DRAFTIGAMI

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LB·pick 45

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #45

Phil Villapiano

Drafted by LV · Bowling Green

1971

How rare was this draftigami?

Common — not rare enough to clear the top 12.5% cutoff (no badge).

Trained on every linebacker pick before 1971, the model gave a 12.3% chance of a linebacker going at #45 that year.

Tiers are hard percentile cutoffs over every draftigami in our window: top 12.5% rarest = RARE, 5% = SUPER RARE, 1% = MEGA RARE, 0.25% = LEGENDARY.

Surrounding picks · 1971 draft

#40RBBo CornellCLE
#41OGStephen LawsonCIN
#42DELewis, ScottScott LewisKC
#43OTDan DierdorfARI
#44OTWayne WaltonNYG
#46RBVirgil RobinsonGB
#47WROtto StoweMIA
#48LBCharlie WeaverDET
#49RBJoe OrdunaSF
#50OGHank AllisonPHI

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 14 picks

2026Zion YoungBAL · Missouri
2024Edgerrin CooperGB — GM Brian Gutekunst · Texas A&M
2022David OjaboBAL — GM Eric DeCosta · Michigan
2015Eric KendricksMIN — GM Rick Spielman · UCLA
2013Kevin MinterARI — GM Steve Keim · LSU
2009Clint SintimNYG — GM Jerry Reese · Virginia
2008Jordon DizonDET — GM Matt Millen · Colorado
2005Lofa TatupuSEA — GM Tim Ruskell · USC
1999Rahim AbdullahCLE — GM Dwight Clark · Clemson
1989Frank StamsLAR — GM John Shaw · Notre Dame
1987David WymanSEA — GM Mike McCormack · Stanford
1981Robin SendleinMIN — GM Mike Lynn · Texas
1980Larry McGrewNE — GM Bucko Kilroy · USC
1979Joe NormanSEA · Indiana

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