LB · pick 55 — first ever linebacker at #55 (1991)

LB·pick 55

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #55

Kanavis McGhee

Drafted by NYG — GM George Young · Colorado

1991

LBs drafted at #55 in NFL history

most recent: Sean Lee (DAL, 2010)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1990, the model gave a linebacker at #55 a 14.9% chance in 1991.

Linebacker at #55, 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: 21.9% · 2027 model: 8.5%

Surrounding picks · 1991 draft

#50CJoe ValerioKC — GM Carl Peterson
#51WRDoug ThomasSEA — GM Tom Flores/Behring
#52DELamar RogersCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#53LBJohn JohnsonSF — GM John McVay
#54DEPhil HansenBUF — GM Bill Polian
#56OGCalvin StephensNE — GM Sam Jankovich
#57DTJames JonesCLE — GM Bill Belichick
#58WRReggie BarrettDET — GM Chuck Schmidt
#59SAeneas WilliamsARI — GM Bill Bidwill
#60RBAaron CraverMIA — GM Don Shula

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 2 picks

2010Sean LeeDAL — GM Jerry Jones · Penn St.
2001Quinton CaverPHI — GM Andy Reid · Arkansas

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