LB · pick 25, First LB at #25 in the Common Draft since 1967, rounds 1-7, LB grouping. (1984)

LB·pick 25

FIRST LB IN OUR WINDOW AT #25

Billy Cannon

Drafted by DAL , GM Tex Schramm · Texas A&M

1984 · round 1

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

LBs drafted at #25 in NFL history

most recent: Shaq Thompson (CAR, 2015)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1983, the model gave a linebacker at #25 a 12.3% chance in 1984.

Linebacker at #25, 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: 13.7% · 2027 model: 8.6%

Surrounding picks · 1984 draft

#20TEDavid LewisDET , GM Russ Thomas
#21OTJohn AltKC , GM Jim Schaaf
#22CBTerry TaylorSEA , GM Mike McCormack
#23WRLouis LippsPIT , GM Dick Haley
#24LBTodd ShellSF , GM John McVay
#26RBGreg BellBUF , GM Stew Barber
#27OGWilliam RobertsNYG , GM George Young
#28OTBrian BladosCIN , GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#29DTDoug SmithTEN , GM Ladd Herzeg
#30LBKeith BrownerTB , GM Phil Krueger

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 4 picks

2015Shaq ThompsonCAR , GM Dave Gettleman · Washington
2012Dont'a HightowerNE , GM Bill Belichick · Alabama
2007Jon BeasonCAR , GM Marty Hurney · Miami (FL)
1985Emanuel KingCIN , GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin · Alabama

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