LB · pick 79 — first ever linebacker at #79 (1973)

LB·pick 79

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #79

Gregg Bingham

Drafted by TEN · Purdue

1973

LBs drafted at #79 in NFL history

most recent: Eli Harold (SF, 2015)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1972, the model gave a linebacker at #79 a 13.9% chance in 1973.

Linebacker at #79, 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: 9.6%

Surrounding picks · 1973 draft

#74LBTom MacLeodGB
#75CBLevi JohnsonDET
#76OGRoger BernhardtPIT
#77DTBob KampaBUF
#78OGLeon GrayMIA
#80QBMike WellsMIN
#81LBMike HenniganDET
#82OTGallagher, AllenAllen GallagherNE
#83OTGery PalmerIND
#84TEJames ThaxtonLAC

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 9 picks

2015Eli HaroldSF — GM Trent Baalke · Virginia
2010Donald ButlerLAC — GM A.J. Smith · Washington
2004Marquis CooperTB — GM Bruce Allen · Washington
1998Brad JacksonMIA — GM Jimmy Johnson · Cincinnati
1997James HamiltonJAX — GM Tom Coughlin · North Carolina
1994Winfred TubbsNO — GM Bill Kuharich · Texas
1986Tim CrawfordNYJ — GM Jim Kensil · Texas Tech
1983Todd SeabaughPIT — GM Dick Haley · San Diego St.
1974Manstedt, SteveSteve ManstedtTEN · Nebraska

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