LB · pick 7 — first ever linebacker at #7 (1981)

LB·pick 7

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #7

Hugh Green

Drafted by TB — GM Phil Krueger · Pittsburgh

1981

LBs drafted at #7 in NFL history

most recent: Sonny Styles (WAS, 2026)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1980, the model gave a linebacker at #7 a 8.6% chance in 1981.

Linebacker at #7, 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: 24.8% · 2027 model: 8.0%

Surrounding picks · 1981 draft

#2LBLawrence TaylorNYG — GM George Young
#3RBFreeman McNeilNYJ — GM Jim Kensil
#4SKenny EasleySEA — GM John Thompson
#5LBE.J. JuniorARI — GM Bill Bidwill
#6QBRich CampbellGB — GM Bart Starr
#8SRonnie LottSF — GM John McVay
#9LBMel OwensLAR — GM Don Klosterman
#10WRDavid VerserCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#11OTKeith Van HorneCHI — GM Jim Finks
#12RBRandy McMillanIND — GM Dick Szymanski

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 4 picks

2026Sonny StylesWAS · Ohio St.
2023Tyree WilsonLV — GM Dave Ziegler · Texas Tech
2019Josh Hines-AllenJAX — GM David Caldwell · Kentucky
1984Ricky HunleyCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · Arizona

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