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NFL DRAFTIGAMI

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LB·pick 51

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #51

Jim Flanigan

Drafted by GB · Pittsburgh

first in our window — 1967 (NFL draft data goes back to 1967)

How rare was this draftigami?

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

Trained on every linebacker pick before 1967, the model gave a 13.3% chance of a linebacker going at #51 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 · 1967 draft

#46RBLarry ConjarCLE
#47LBJim LynchKC
#48SBob HowardLAC
#49RBRoy HopkinsTEN
#50LBWillie LanierKC
#52WRJohn GilliamNO
#53OTDave RoweNO
#54OTNorman DavisIND
#55STDon CockroftCLE
#56SLarry CarwellTEN

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 12 picks

2026Jake GoldayMIN · Cincinnati
2003Terry PierceDEN — GM Mike Shanahan · Kansas St.
1999Johnny RutledgeARI — GM Bob Ferguson · Florida
1998Kailee WongMIN — GM Frank Gilliam · Stanford
1997Greg JonesWAS — GM Charley Casserly · Colorado
1994Allen AldridgeDEN — GM John Beake · Houston
1988Dante JonesCHI — GM Bill Tobin · Oklahoma
1986Pepper JohnsonNYG — GM George Young · Ohio St.
1981Rickey JacksonNO — GM Ken Meyer/staff · Pittsburgh
1979Jim HaslettBUF · IUP
1977Peter CronanSEA · Boston College
1974Matt BlairMIN · Iowa State

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