LB · pick 75 — first ever linebacker at #75 (1967)

LB·pick 75

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #75

Bill Fairband

Drafted by LV · Colorado

1967 · earliest year in the data window

LBs drafted at #75 in NFL history

most recent: Nick Martin (SF, 2025)

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 #75, 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: 20.8% · 2027 model: 9.5%

Surrounding picks · 1967 draft

#71LBLeon WardIND
#72WREppie BarneyCLE
#73CRockne "Rocky" FreitasPIT
#74CBHenry KingNYJ
#74SHenry KingNYJ
#76SPhil ClarkDAL
#77TEBilly MastersKC
#78CBJohn RowserGB
#79CDel WilliamsNO
#80RBBen HartNO

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 8 picks

2025Nick MartinSF — GM John Lynch · Oklahoma St.
2022Christian HarrisHOU — GM Nick Caserio · Alabama
2017Duke RileyATL — GM Thomas Dimitroff · LSU
1998Steve FoleyCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · La-Monroe
1990Bobby HoustonGB — GM Tom Braatz · North Carolina St.
1987Onzy ElamNYJ — GM Jim Kensil · Tennessee St.
1978Whip WaltonMIN · San Diego State
1975Gerald HillMIA · Houston

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