LB · pick 67 — first ever linebacker at #67 (1976)

LB·pick 67

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #67

Greg Buttle

Drafted by NYJ · Penn State

1976

LBs drafted at #67 in NFL history

most recent: Drew Sanders (DEN, 2023)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1975, the model gave a linebacker at #67 a 15.1% chance in 1976.

Linebacker at #67, 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: 21.2% · 2027 model: 9.1%

Surrounding picks · 1976 draft

#62DEJeff LloydSEA
#63DTKeith SimonsKC
#64WRLarry DorseyLAC
#65WRDave LoganCLE
#66WRBrian BaschnagelCHI
#68OTRuss BolingerDET
#69CBDanny ReeceCIN
#70DTRon CoderPIT
#71OTDave ScottATL
#72CBMike McCoyGB

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 7 picks

2023Drew SandersDEN — GM George Paton · Arkansas
2011Nate IrvingDEN — GM John Elway · North Carolina St.
2006Abdul HodgeGB — GM Ted Thompson · Iowa
2003Antwan PeekHOU — GM Charley Casserly · Cincinnati
2000Mark SimoneauATL — GM Harold Richardson · Kansas St.
1983Mike CoferDET — GM Russ Thomas · Tennessee
1977Thomas HowardKC · Texas Tech

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