LB · pick 80 — first ever linebacker at #80 (1988)

LB·pick 80

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #80

Bill Romanowski

Drafted by SF — GM John McVay · Boston Col.

1988

LBs drafted at #80 in NFL history

most recent: DJ Johnson (CAR, 2023)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1987, the model gave a linebacker at #80 a 16.7% chance in 1988.

Linebacker at #80, 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: 20.6% · 2027 model: 9.7%

Surrounding picks · 1988 draft

#75WRTommy KaneSEA — GM Mike McCormack
#76QBChris ChandlerIND — GM Jim Irsay/staff
#77LBVan WaitersCLE — GM Ernie Accorsi
#78DERalph JarvisCHI — GM Bill Tobin
#79CBKevin GuidryDEN — GM John Beake
#81DTTony StephensNO — GM Jim Finks
#82DEMike PielLAR — GM John Shaw
#83DERobert GoffTB — GM Phil Krueger
#84DEDavid GrantCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#85SWilliam WhiteDET — GM Russ Thomas

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 7 picks

2023DJ JohnsonCAR — GM Scott Fitterer · Oregon
2019Sione TakitakiCLE — GM John Dorsey · BYU
2008Bryan SmithPHI — GM Tom Heckert · McNeese St.
2006Clint IngramJAX — GM James Harris · Oklahoma
2004Caleb MillerCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · Arkansas
2002Will OverstreetATL — GM Harold Richardson · Tennessee
1997Derek SmithWAS — GM Charley Casserly · Arizona St.

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