LB · pick 72 — first ever linebacker at #72 (1970)

LB·pick 72

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #72

Dennis Onkotz

Drafted by NYJ · Penn State

1970

LBs drafted at #72 in NFL history

most recent: Trevin Wallace (CAR, 2024)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1969, the model gave a linebacker at #72 a 12.2% chance in 1970.

Linebacker at #72, 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: 21.0% · 2027 model: 9.3%

Surrounding picks · 1970 draft

#65WRTodd SnyderATL
#66SCharlie WatersDAL
#68LBJim CarterGB
#69CBHarris, EricEric HarrisARI
#71DEJim MitchellDET
#73LBSteve KinerDAL
#74TEAra PersonIND
#75CBDenton FoxDAL
#76DEGerald IronsLV
#77LBBurgoon, ChuckChuck BurgoonMIN

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 9 picks

2024Trevin WallaceCAR — GM Dan Morgan · Kentucky
2019Germaine PrattCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · North Carolina St.
2012Olivier VernonMIA — GM Jeff Ireland · Miami (FL)
2011Martez WilsonNO — GM Mickey Loomis · Illinois
2001Torrance MarshallGB — GM Ron Wolf · Oklahoma
1998Jeremiah TrotterPHI — GM Tom Modrak · S.F. Austin
1996Steve ConleyPIT — GM Tom Donahoe · Arkansas
1980Cliff OdomCLE — GM Art Modell/staff · Texas-Arlington
1974Cal PetersonDAL · UCLA

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