LB · pick 77 — first ever linebacker at #77 (1970)

LB·pick 77

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #77

Burgoon, ChuckChuck Burgoon

Drafted by MIN · North Park

1970

LBs drafted at #77 in NFL history

most recent: Byron Young (LAR, 2023)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1969, the model gave a linebacker at #77 a 12.1% chance in 1970.

Linebacker at #77, 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: 20.7% · 2027 model: 9.5%

Surrounding picks · 1970 draft

#72LBDennis OnkotzNYJ
#73LBSteve KinerDAL
#74TEAra PersonIND
#75CBDenton FoxDAL
#76DEGerald IronsLV
#78CBDavid HadleyKC
#79OTLynn LarsonCHI
#80OTEd GeorgePIT
#81CBCurtis JohnsonMIA
#82DEJerome GanttBUF

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 10 picks

2023Byron YoungLAR — GM Les Snead · Tennessee
2014Chris BorlandSF — GM Trent Baalke · Wisconsin
2012Demario DavisNYJ — GM Mike Tannenbaum · Arkansas St.
2006Jon AlstonLAR — GM Jay Zygmunt · Stanford
2002Rocky CalmusTEN — GM Floyd Reese · Oklahoma
1995Lorenzo StylesATL — GM Ken Herock · Ohio St.
1988Van WaitersCLE — GM Ernie Accorsi · Indiana
1982Robert AbrahamTEN — GM Ladd Herzeg · North Carolina St.
1980Craig PukiSF — GM John McVay · Tennessee
1975Bo HarrisCIN · LSU

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