LB · pick 52 — first ever linebacker at #52 (1970)

LB·pick 52

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #52

Clyde Werner

Drafted by KC · Washington

1970

LBs drafted at #52 in NFL history

most recent: Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah (CLE, 2021)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1969, the model gave a linebacker at #52 a 12.1% chance in 1970.

Linebacker at #52, 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: 22.1% · 2027 model: 8.3%

Surrounding picks · 1970 draft

#47DTJerry SherkCLE
#48RBJohn IsenbargerSF
#49WRMargene AdkinsDAL
#50TETed KoyLV
#51QBBill CapplemanMIN
#53CBMel BlountPIT
#54WRGeorge FarmerCHI
#55CBTim FoleyMIA
#56LBMike BallouNE
#57OGJim ReillyBUF

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 11 picks

2021Jeremiah Owusu-KoramoahCLE — GM Andrew Berry · Notre Dame
2018Kemoko TurayIND — GM Chris Ballard · Rutgers
2016Deion JonesATL — GM Thomas Dimitroff · LSU
2013Jamie CollinsNE — GM Bill Belichick · Southern Miss
2012Zach BrownTEN — GM Ruston Webster · North Carolina
2009David VeikuneCLE — GM George Kokinis · Hawaii
2003Chaun ThompsonCLE — GM Butch Davis · West Texas A&M
1994James FolstonLV — GM Al Davis era · La-Monroe
1989David BraxtonMIN — GM Mike Lynn · Wake Forest
1986John OfferdahlMIA — GM Don Shula · Western Michigan
1978Mike WoodsIND · Cincinnati

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