LB · pick 46 — first ever linebacker at #46 (1974)

LB·pick 46

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #46

Jack Lambert

Drafted by PIT · Kent State

1974

LBs drafted at #46 in NFL history

most recent: Josiah Trotter (TB, 2026)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1973, the model gave a linebacker at #46 a 12.2% chance in 1974.

Linebacker at #46, 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: 22.2% · 2027 model: 8.0%

Surrounding picks · 1974 draft

#41OTCharlie GettyKC
#42DTCarl WaferDEN
#43CMark MarkovichLAC
#44WRGerald TinkerATL
#45TEDave CasperLV
#47RBBenny MaloneMIA
#48RBCharlie DavisCIN
#49RBDelvin WilliamsSF
#50SBill SimpsonLAR
#51LBMatt BlairMIN

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 8 picks

2026Josiah TrotterTB · Missouri
2013Kiko AlonsoBUF — GM Doug Whaley · Oregon
2012Mychal KendricksPHI — GM Howie Roseman · California
1990Andre CollinsWAS — GM Charley Casserly · Penn St.
1987Walter JohnsonTEN — GM Ladd Herzeg · Louisiana Tech
1983Jody SchulzPHI — GM Jim Murray · East Carolina
1982Calvin DanielsKC — GM Jim Schaaf · North Carolina
1979Calvin FavronARI · Southeastern Louisiana

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