LB · pick 70 — first ever linebacker at #70 (1971)

LB·pick 70

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #70

Ronnie Hornsby

Drafted by NYG · Southeastern Louisiana

1971

LBs drafted at #70 in NFL history

most recent: Chad Muma (JAX, 2022)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1970, the model gave a linebacker at #70 a 13.3% chance in 1971.

Linebacker at #70, 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 · 1971 draft

#65RBMike MontgomeryLAC
#66WRPaul StarobaCLE
#67QBKen AndersonCIN
#68LBCharlie HallCLE
#69RBSam ScarberDAL
#71OTBob NewtonCHI
#72CBAl ClarkDET
#73CWarren KoegelLV
#74LBDale FarleyMIA
#75CWillie ParkerSF

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 9 picks

2022Chad MumaJAX — GM Trent Baalke · Wyoming
2018Fred WarnerSF — GM John Lynch · BYU
2011Justin HoustonKC — GM Scott Pioli · Georgia
2005Channing CrowderMIA — GM Randy Mueller · Florida
2003Gerald HayesARI — GM Rod Graves · Pittsburgh
2001Sedrick HodgeNO — GM Randy Mueller · North Carolina
1989Joe MottNYJ — GM Dick Steinberg · Iowa
1982Mike MerriweatherPIT — GM Dick Haley · Pacific
1975Bob BreunigDAL · Arizona State

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