LB · pick 106, First LB at #106 in the Common Draft since 1967, rounds 1-7, LB grouping. (1993)

LB·pick 106

FIRST LB IN OUR WINDOW AT #106

Ashley Sheppard

Drafted by MIN , GM Roger Headrick · Clemson

1993 · round 4

Common Draft since 1967, rounds 1-7, LB grouping.

LBs drafted at #106 in NFL history

most recent: Cedric Gray (TEN, 2024)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1992, the model gave a linebacker at #106 a 12.6% chance in 1993.

Linebacker at #106, 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: 15.0% · 2027 model: 10.8%

Surrounding picks · 1993 draft

#101DESterling PalmerWAS , GM Charley Casserly
#102WRTravis HannahTEN , GM Mike Holovak
#103LBJaime FieldsKC , GM Carl Peterson
#104WRHorace CopelandTB , GM Phil Krueger
#105SRonnie BradfordMIA , GM Don Shula
#107LBDevon McDonaldIND , GM Jim Irsay/staff
#108DEKevin HenryPIT , GM Tom Donahoe
#109RBDerek BrownNO , GM Jim Finks
#110SCorwin BrownNE , GM Sam Jankovich
#111WRRussell CopelandBUF , GM John Butler

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 5 picks

2024Cedric GrayTEN , GM Ran Carthon · North Carolina
2018Josey JewellDEN , GM John Elway · Iowa
2002David ThorntonIND , GM Bill Polian · North Carolina
2000Antonio WilsonMIN , GM Frank Gilliam · East Texas A&M
1999Warrick HoldmanCHI , GM Mark Hatley · Texas A&M

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