LB · pick 86 — first ever linebacker at #86 (1969)

LB·pick 86

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #86

Jim Sniadecki

Drafted by SF · Indiana

1969

LBs drafted at #86 in NFL history

most recent: Trenton Simpson (BAL, 2023)

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 #86, 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: 20.5% · 2027 model: 9.9%

Surrounding picks · 1969 draft

#81TEJames MitchellATL
#82RBBob CampbellPIT
#83RBClem TurnerCIN
#84LBMike SchnitkerDEN
#85SDennis HaleNO
#87RBJacky StewartIND
#88CBEdward HayesDEN
#88SEdward HayesDEN
#89LBNorman McBrideMIA
#90RBPerry WilliamsGB

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 11 picks

2023Trenton SimpsonBAL — GM Eric DeCosta · Clemson
2012Sean SpencePIT — GM Kevin Colbert · Miami (FL)
2004Jorge CordovaJAX — GM James Harris · Nevada
2003Cie GrantNO — GM Mickey Loomis · Ohio St.
2000Jeff UlbrichSF — GM Bill Walsh · Hawaii
1996Tedy BruschiNE — GM Bill Parcells · Arizona
1994Steve ShineCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · Northwestern
1987Michael BrooksDEN — GM John Beake · LSU
1981Al WashingtonNYJ — GM Jim Kensil · Ohio St.
1973Jim MerloNO · Stanford
1972Eric PattonGB · Notre Dame

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