LB · pick 61 — first ever linebacker at #61 (2011)

LB·pick 61

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #61

Jonas Mouton

Drafted by LAC — GM A.J. Smith · Michigan

2011

LBs drafted at #61 in NFL history

most recent: Drake Jackson (SF, 2022)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 2010, the model gave a linebacker at #61 a 13.4% chance in 2011.

Linebacker at #61, 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: 21.6% · 2027 model: 8.8%

Surrounding picks · 2011 draft

#56RBShane VereenNE — GM Bill Belichick
#57RBMikel LeshoureDET — GM Martin Mayhew
#58WRTorrey SmithBAL — GM Ozzie Newsome
#59WRGreg LittleCLE — GM Tom Heckert
#60CBBrandon HarrisHOU — GM Rick Smith
#62RBDaniel ThomasMIA — GM Jeff Ireland
#63OTMarcus GilbertPIT — GM Kevin Colbert
#64WRRandall CobbGB — GM Ted Thompson
#65DTTerrell McClainCAR — GM Marty Hurney
#66LBDontay MochCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 1 pick

2022Drake JacksonSF — GM John Lynch · USC

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