LB · pick 88 — first ever linebacker at #88 (1972)

LB·pick 88

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #88

Ed Bradley

Drafted by PIT · Wake Forest

1972

LBs drafted at #88 in NFL history

most recent: Cody Barton (SEA, 2019)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1971, the model gave a linebacker at #88 a 13.3% chance in 1972.

Linebacker at #88, 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 · 1972 draft

#83LBTim KearneyDAL
#84DTMartin ImhofARI
#85DEMike CrangleNO
#86LBEric PattonGB
#87SJohn SaundersLAR
#89DEEd GaligherNYJ
#90WRRobert WestDAL
#91DELarry BallMIA
#92RBPo JamesPHI
#93LBChuck ZapiecDAL

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 10 picks

2019Cody BartonSEA — GM John Schneider · Utah
2018Oren BurksGB — GM Brian Gutekunst · Vanderbilt
2016Kyler FackrellGB — GM Ted Thompson · Utah St.
2008Bruce DavisPIT — GM Kevin Colbert · UCLA
2006James AndersonCAR — GM Marty Hurney · Virginia Tech
2001Morlon GreenwoodMIA — GM Dave Wannstedt · Syracuse
1994Jason GildonPIT — GM Tom Donahoe · Oklahoma St.
1992Ricardo McDonaldCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · Pittsburgh
1982Jeff GaylordLAR — GM Don Klosterman · Missouri
1973Tom JacksonDEN · Louisville

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