LB · pick 56 — first ever linebacker at #56 (1970)

LB·pick 56

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #56

Mike Ballou

Drafted by NE · UCLA

1970

LBs drafted at #56 in NFL history

most recent: Arthur Brown (BAL, 2013)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1969, the model gave a linebacker at #56 a 12.2% chance in 1970.

Linebacker at #56, 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 · 1970 draft

#51QBBill CapplemanMIN
#52LBClyde WernerKC
#53CBMel BlountPIT
#54WRGeorge FarmerCHI
#55CBTim FoleyMIA
#57OGJim ReillyBUF
#58RBCharlie PittmanARI
#59RBLee BouggessPHI
#60LBChip BennettCIN
#61DEBarnett, Billy BobBilly Bob BarnettKC

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 2 picks

2013Arthur BrownBAL — GM Ozzie Newsome · Kansas St.
1979Zack ValentinePIT · East Carolina

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