LB · pick 63 — first ever linebacker at #63 (1979)

LB·pick 63

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #63

Mel Land

Drafted by MIA · Michigan State

1979

LBs drafted at #63 in NFL history

most recent: Willie Gay Jr. (KC, 2020)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1978, the model gave a linebacker at #63 a 13.3% chance in 1979.

Linebacker at #63, 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: 21.5% · 2027 model: 8.9%

Surrounding picks · 1979 draft

#58WRMoore, JeffJeff MooreLAR
#59OGBarney CottonCIN
#60RBJerry EckwoodTB
#61RBTony NathanMIA
#62OTJon BorchardtBUF
#64OTJoe BosticARI
#65TERonnie LeeMIA
#66RBWillie McClendonCHI
#67RBBo RobinsonDET
#68CBDonald DykesNYJ

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 6 picks

2020Willie Gay Jr.KC — GM Brett Veach · Mississippi St.
2010Pat AngererIND — GM Bill Polian · Iowa
2009Cody BrownARI — GM Rod Graves · Connecticut
2005Matt McCoyPHI — GM Andy Reid · San Diego St.
1991Mo LewisNYJ — GM Dick Steinberg · Georgia
1985Hal GarnerBUF — GM Bill Polian · Utah St.

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