LB · pick 47 — first ever linebacker at #47 (1967)

LB·pick 47

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #47

Jim Lynch

Drafted by KC · Notre Dame

1967 · earliest year in the data window

LBs drafted at #47 in NFL history

most recent: Tyus Bowser (BAL, 2017)

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 #47, 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 · 1967 draft

#42TEJim LeMoineBUF
#43DEBob RoweARI
#44OGJohn BrooksPHI
#45SRick VolkIND
#46RBLarry ConjarCLE
#48CBBob HowardLAC
#49RBRoy HopkinsTEN
#50LBWillie LanierKC
#51LBJim FlaniganGB
#52WRJohn GilliamNO

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 10 picks

2017Tyus BowserBAL — GM Ozzie Newsome · Houston
2014Trent MurphyWAS — GM Bruce Allen · Stanford
2012Bobby WagnerSEA — GM John Schneider · Utah St.
2010Daryl WashingtonARI — GM Rod Graves · TCU
2007David HarrisNYJ — GM Mike Tannenbaum · Michigan
2003Kawika MitchellKC — GM Carl Peterson · South Florida
2001Jamie WinbornSF — GM Bill Walsh · Vanderbilt
1993Micheal BarrowTEN — GM Mike Holovak · Miami (FL)
1988Fred StricklandLAR — GM John Shaw · Purdue
1968John GarlingtonCLE · LSU

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