LB · pick 239, First LB at #239 in the Common Draft since 1967, rounds 1-7, LB grouping. (1997)

LB·pick 239

FIRST LB IN OUR WINDOW AT #239

Richard Jordan

Drafted by DET , GM Chuck Schmidt · Missouri Southern

1997 · round 7

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

LBs drafted at #239 in NFL history

most recent: Rodney Thomas II (IND, 2022)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1996, the model gave a linebacker at #239 a 14.4% chance in 1997.

Linebacker at #239, 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: 16.6% · 2027 model: 9.7%

Surrounding picks · 1997 draft

#234QBWally RichardsonBAL , GM Ozzie Newsome
#235WRMatthew HatchetteMIN , GM Frank Gilliam
#236SRalph StatenBAL , GM Ozzie Newsome
#237QBTony CorbinLAC , GM Bobby Beathard
#238DTLeland TaylorBAL , GM Ozzie Newsome
#240QBRon McAdaGB , GM Ron Wolf

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 4 picks

2022Rodney Thomas IIIND , GM Chris Ballard · Yale
2016Trevor BatesIND , GM Ryan Grigson · Maine
2003Tully Banta-CainNE , GM Bill Belichick · California
2001T.J. TurnerNE , GM Bill Belichick · Michigan St.

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