LB · pick 6 — first ever linebacker at #6 (1975)

LB·pick 6

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #6

Robert Brazile

Drafted by TEN · Jackson State

1975

LBs drafted at #6 in NFL history

most recent: Barkevious Mingo (CLE, 2013)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1974, the model gave a linebacker at #6 a 10.2% chance in 1975.

Linebacker at #6, 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: 26.1% · 2027 model: 8.1%

Surrounding picks · 1975 draft

#1QBSteve BartkowskiATL
#2DTRandy WhiteDAL
#3OGKen HuffIND
#4RBWalter PaytonCHI
#5DEMack MitchellCLE
#7WRLarry BurtonNO
#8DTGary JohnsonLAC
#9DTMike FanningLAR
#10DTJimmy WebbSF
#11OTDennis HarrahLAR

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 3 picks

2013Barkevious MingoCLE — GM Mike Lombardi · LSU
1989Broderick ThomasTB — GM Phil Krueger · Nebraska
1979Barry KraussIND · Alabama

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