LB · pick 188, First LB at #188 in the Common Draft since 1967, rounds 1-7, LB grouping. (1978)

LB·pick 188

FIRST LB IN OUR WINDOW AT #188

Mike Hawkins

Drafted by NE · Texas A&I

1978 · round unknown

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

LBs drafted at #188 in NFL history

most recent: Jamal Hill (HOU, 2024)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1977, the model gave a linebacker at #188 a 12.2% chance in 1978.

Linebacker at #188, 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: 17.0% · 2027 model: 11.4%

Surrounding picks · 1978 draft

#183RBSteve PowellBUF
#184WRBill KellarKC
#185WRJones, HermanHerman JonesCHI
#186DTGreg MarshallPHI
#187TEDufresne, MarkMark DufresnePIT
#189DEReggie DossLAR
#190WRHenry, LloydLloyd HenryMIA
#191RBJeff LoganIND
#192LBEarl InmonLV
#193OTBass, DannyDanny BassCIN

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 16 picks

2024Jamal HillHOU , GM Nick Caserio · Oregon
2022Malcolm RodriguezDET , GM Brad Holmes · Oklahoma St.
2019David LongTEN , GM Jon Robinson · West Virginia
2015Tony StewardBUF , GM Doug Whaley · Clemson
2013Cornelius WashingtonCHI , GM Phil Emery · Georgia
2012Danny TrevathanDEN , GM John Elway · Kentucky
2008Mike HumpalPIT , GM Kevin Colbert · Iowa
2002Wesly MallardNYG , GM Ernie Accorsi · Oregon
2001Rick CrowellMIA , GM Dave Wannstedt · Colorado St.
1997Tony McCombsARI , GM Bob Ferguson · Eastern Kentucky
1996Craig SauerATL , GM Harold Richardson · Minnesota
1993Doug MillerLAC , GM Bobby Beathard · South Dakota St.
1990John LevelisMIN , GM Mike Lynn · C.W. Post
1989George BethuneLAR , GM John Shaw · Alabama
1986Ray PhillipsDEN , GM John Beake · North Carolina St.
1981Steve DoolittleBUF , GM Stew Barber · Colorado

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