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LB·pick 9

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #9 RARE

Mel Owens

Drafted by LAR — GM Don Klosterman · Michigan

1981

How rare was this draftigami?

Rarity tier: RARE

Trained on every linebacker pick before 1981, the model gave a 7.5% chance of a linebacker going at #9 that year.

Tiers are hard percentile cutoffs over every draftigami in our window: top 12.5% rarest = RARE, 5% = SUPER RARE, 1% = MEGA RARE, 0.25% = LEGENDARY.

Surrounding picks · 1981 draft

#4SKenny EasleySEA — GM John Thompson
#5LBE.J. JuniorARI — GM Bill Bidwill
#6QBRich CampbellGB — GM Bart Starr
#7LBHugh GreenTB — GM Phil Krueger
#8SRonnie LottSF — GM John McVay
#10WRDavid VerserCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#11OTKeith Van HorneCHI — GM Jim Finks
#12RBRandy McMillanIND — GM Dick Szymanski
#13RBDavid OverstreetMIA — GM Don Shula
#14TEWillie ScottKC — GM Jim Schaaf

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 7 picks

2016Leonard FloydCHI — GM Ryan Pace · Georgia
2014Anthony BarrMIN — GM Rick Spielman · UCLA
2012Luke KuechlyCAR — GM Marty Hurney · Boston Col.
2008Keith RiversCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · USC
2006Ernie SimsDET — GM Matt Millen · Florida St.
2000Brian UrlacherCHI — GM Mark Hatley · New Mexico
1999Chris ClaiborneDET — GM Chuck Schmidt · USC

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