LB · pick 30, First LB at #30 in the Common Draft since 1967, rounds 1-7, LB grouping. (1984)

LB·pick 30

FIRST LB IN OUR WINDOW AT #30

Keith Browner

Drafted by TB , GM Phil Krueger · USC

1984 · round 2

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

LBs drafted at #30 in NFL history

most recent: Nolan Smith (PHI, 2023)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1983, the model gave a linebacker at #30 a 12.9% chance in 1984.

Linebacker at #30, 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: 14.1% · 2027 model: 8.9%

Surrounding picks · 1984 draft

#25LBBilly CannonDAL , GM Tex Schramm
#26RBGreg BellBUF , GM Stew Barber
#27OGWilliam RobertsNYG , GM George Young
#28OTBrian BladosCIN , GM Mike Brown / Duke Tobin
#29DTDoug SmithTEN , GM Ladd Herzeg
#31DTBob SlaterWAS , GM Bobby Beathard
#32SScott CaseATL , GM Tom Braatz
#33LBMike GuendlingLAC , GM Steve Ortmayer
#34LBScott RadecicKC , GM Jim Schaaf
#35DEBlaise WinterIND , GM Jim Irsay/staff

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 5 picks

2023Nolan SmithPHI , GM Howie Roseman · Georgia
2017T.J. WattPIT , GM Kevin Colbert · Wisconsin
2013Alec OgletreeLAR , GM Les Snead · Georgia
2000Keith BulluckTEN , GM Floyd Reese · Syracuse
1995Craig PowellCLE , GM Bill Belichick · Ohio St.

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