LB · pick 50 — first ever linebacker at #50 (1967)

LB·pick 50

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #50

Willie Lanier

Drafted by KC · Morgan State

1967 · earliest year in the data window

LBs drafted at #50 in NFL history

most recent: Azeez Ojulari (NYG, 2021)

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 #50, 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: 8.2%

Surrounding picks · 1967 draft

#45SRick VolkIND
#46RBLarry ConjarCLE
#47LBJim LynchKC
#48CBBob HowardLAC
#49RBRoy HopkinsTEN
#51LBJim FlaniganGB
#52WRJohn GilliamNO
#53OTDave RoweNO
#54OTNorman DavisIND
#55STDon CockroftCLE

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 10 picks

2021Azeez OjulariNYG — GM Dave Gettleman · Georgia
2014Jeremiah AttaochuLAC — GM Tom Telesco · Georgia Tech
2013Jonathan BosticCHI — GM Phil Emery · Florida
2000Barrett GreenDET — GM Chuck Schmidt · West Virginia
1996Patrick SappLAC — GM Bobby Beathard · Clemson
1992Eddie RobinsonTEN — GM Mike Holovak · Alabama St.
1989Scott KozakTEN — GM Ladd Herzeg · Oregon
1987Winston MossTB — GM Phil Krueger · Miami (FL)
1983Mike WalterDAL — GM Tex Schramm · Oregon
1968Bob GrantIND · Wake Forest

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