LB · pick 96 — first ever linebacker at #96 (1968)

LB·pick 96

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #96

Joe Schmiesing

Drafted by ARI · New Mexico State

1968

LBs drafted at #96 in NFL history

most recent: Anthony Waters (LAC, 2007)

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 #96, 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: 10.2%

Surrounding picks · 1968 draft

#91LBGordon LambertDEN
#92RBBrendan McCarthyGB
#93LBEd MooneyDET
#94DTDennis CraneWAS
#95OGLen McNeilPHI
#97LBJohn DouglasDAL
#98WRJohnny FullerSF
#99OTWayne MassCHI
#100WRKen DyerLAC
#101DTGary MagnerNYJ

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 5 picks

2007Anthony WatersLAC — GM A.J. Smith · Clemson
2006Gerris WilkinsonNYG — GM Ernie Accorsi · Georgia Tech
2004Landon JohnsonCIN — GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · Purdue
1995Damien CovingtonBUF — GM John Butler · North Carolina St.
1992Keo ColemanNYJ — GM Dick Steinberg · Mississippi St.

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