LB · pick 89 — first ever linebacker at #89 (1967)

LB·pick 89

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #89

Ray May

Drafted by PIT · USC

1967 · earliest year in the data window

LBs drafted at #89 in NFL history

most recent: Terrel Bernard (BUF, 2022)

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 #89, 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: 10.0%

Surrounding picks · 1967 draft

#84OTBob GreenleeMIA
#85DECarl CunninghamDEN
#86OTCarel StithTEN
#87CBAlvin ColemanMIN
#88DELew KamanuDET
#90CBAl DoddCHI
#91CBWayne TrimbleSF
#92CBJulian GrayNYJ
#93RBTravis WilliamsGB
#94RBDickie PostLAC

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 8 picks

2022Terrel BernardBUF — GM Brandon Beane · Baylor
2019Bobby OkerekeIND — GM Chris Ballard · Stanford
2002Akin AyodeleJAX — GM Tom Coughlin · Purdue
2000Corey MooreBUF — GM John Butler · Virginia Tech
1989Kerry OwensCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · Arkansas
1978Lucius SanfordBUF · Georgia Tech
1974Frank LeMasterPHI · Kentucky
1969Norman McBrideMIA · Utah

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