LB · pick 92 — first ever linebacker at #92 (1979)

LB·pick 92

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #92

Jon Brooks

Drafted by DET · Clemson

1979

LBs drafted at #92 in NFL history

most recent: Monty Rice (TEN, 2021)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1978, the model gave a linebacker at #92 a 13.6% chance in 1979.

Linebacker at #92, 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: 20.4% · 2027 model: 10.1%

Surrounding picks · 1979 draft

#87SJeff NixonBUF
#88TEUlysses NorrisDET
#89CBRoy GreenARI
#90DEPhil TaborNYG
#91CBVaughn LusbyCIN
#93LBJim KovachNO
#94RBBen CowinsPHI
#95OTMatt MillerCLE
#96OGEric CunninghamNYJ
#97QBSteve DilsMIN

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 7 picks

2021Monty RiceTEN — GM Jon Robinson · Georgia
2008Cliff AvrilDET — GM Matt Millen · Purdue
2000T.J. SlaughterJAX — GM Tom Coughlin · Southern Miss
1997Derrick RodgersMIA — GM Jimmy Johnson · Arizona St.
1988Ricky ShawNYG — GM George Young · Oklahoma St.
1982Jim FahnhorstMIN — GM Mike Lynn · Minnesota
1980Dennis JohnsonMIN — GM Mike Lynn · USC

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