LB · pick 69 — first ever linebacker at #69 (1968)

LB·pick 69

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #69

Skip Vanderbundt

Drafted by SF · Oregon State

1968

LBs drafted at #69 in NFL history

most recent: Junior Colson (LAC, 2024)

How rare was this draftigami?

No rarity score — the model compares each pick to its predictions for earlier seasons, and drafts from 1967–1969 sit before that runway is long enough.

Linebacker at #69, 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: 21.1% · 2027 model: 9.2%

Surrounding picks · 1968 draft

#64OGHarry OlszewskiCLE
#65OTLance OlssenSF
#66RBReece MorrisonCLE
#67QBBilly StevensGB
#68LBAdrian YoungPHI
#70RBBobby DuhonNYG
#71LBEd HarmonDAL
#72OTSam WaltonNYJ
#73SDick AndersonMIA
#74TECharlie SandersDET

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 10 picks

2024Junior ColsonLAC — GM Joe Hortiz · Michigan
2021Joseph OssaiCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · Texas
2009Jason WilliamsDAL — GM Jerry Jones · Western Illinois
2007Buster DavisARI — GM Rod Graves · Florida St.
2004Gilbert GardnerIND — GM Bill Polian · Purdue
2002Saleem RasheedSF — GM Terry Donahue · Alabama
1987Scott StephenGB — GM Tom Braatz · Arizona St.
1982Steve DoigDET — GM Russ Thomas · New Hampshire
1980Lance MehlNYJ — GM Jim Kensil · Penn St.
1975Drew MahalicDEN · Notre Dame

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