LB · pick 19, First LB at #19 in the Common Draft since 1967, rounds 1-7, LB grouping. (1975)

LB·pick 19

FIRST LB IN OUR WINDOW AT #19

Tom Ruud

Drafted by BUF · Nebraska

1975 · round unknown

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

LBs drafted at #19 in NFL history

most recent: Jamin Davis (WAS, 2021)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1974, the model gave a linebacker at #19 a 11.1% chance in 1975.

Linebacker at #19, 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: 13.8% · 2027 model: 8.7%

Surrounding picks · 1975 draft

#14LBGlenn CameronCIN
#15RBDon HardemanTEN
#16TERuss FrancisNE
#17CBLouis WrightDEN
#18LBTom HendersonDAL
#20OTDoug FranceLAR
#21STim GrayARI
#22CBMike WilliamsLAC
#23OTDarryl CarltonMIA
#24CBNeal ColzieLV

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 6 picks

2021Jamin DavisWAS , GM Ron Rivera · Kentucky
2018Leighton Vander EschDAL , GM Jerry Jones · Boise St.
2010Sean WeatherspoonATL , GM Thomas Dimitroff · Missouri
1980Otis WilsonCHI , GM Jim Finks · Louisville
1979George AndrewsLAR · Nebraska
1976Kim BokamperMIA · San Jose State

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